Emily Dickinson Lexicon

cool (-ed, -s), v. [OE cólian < Old Germanic kôlôjan, cold or cool.] (webplay: air, blood, cold, day, friend, speak, tongue).

1. Cause to become lower in temperature; cause to lose heat.
2. Refresh by allaying excessive or painful heat; soothe by lowering the temperature; cause to lose the heat of excitement, passion, or emotion; ease; calm.
3. Become lower in temperature; lose heat.

cooler, adj. [see cool, adj.]

1. Lower in temperature; more peaceful; calmer; more serene.
2. more chilling; more aloof; more detached; more passionless; less heated by passion or emotion;
3. Easier; lower in temperature; more endurable.
4. Lower in temperature; [fig] more persistent; more piercing; more noticeable.

cooling, verbal adj. [see cool, adj.]

Refreshing; soothing; that which lowers temperature.

coolly, adv. [see cool, adj.] (webplay: day).

nonchalantly; casually; calmly; with an air of indifference; in an emotionally detached manner; with unabashed assurance;

copy, n. [Fr. copie < L. copia, abundance, plenty, multitude.]

Text; message; writing; engraved communication.

copy (copied), v. [Fr. copier < med. L. copiāre, transcribe.]

Imitate; resemble; become like.

coquette, adv. [Fr. coquete-r, cock, in reference to the strutting gait and amorous characteristics of a cock, hence 'a beau' or 'a belle'.]

Flirtatiously; playfully; in a teasing manner.

coquettish, verbal adj. [Fr. coquet, forward, wanton, gallant; see coquette, adv.] (webplay: air, love, lover, maid, vain).

Flirtatious; playful; characterized by attempts to attract attention to oneself.

coral (-s), adj. [OFr < Gk. κοράλλιον, red coral.] (webplay: earth).

Yellowish-red; resembling the color of sea rocks consisting of carbonate of lime and animal matter.

cord (-s), n. [Fr. corde, string of a musical instrument, string, rope, cord.]

A strong rope made of several strands twisted together.