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▪ I. cooler|ˈkuːlə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er. Cf. keeler.]
1. Anything that cools or makes cool.
1575Laneham Lett. (1871) 53 But whoo so was found so hot in desyre, with the wreast of a Cok was sure of a coolar. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. ii. 6 Wind is a Dryer, even as Frost a Cooler. 1797Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. (ed. 2) IV. xcii. 235 They do not use ice as a cooler, but snow.
2. a. A vessel in which anything is cooled or set to cool; esp. one used for cooling the wort in brewing, or for similar purposes in other manufacturing processes.
1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 589 Boile it very well the second time with the hops, then..put it into the coolers and coole it. 1641French Distill. i. (1651) 34 A great Alembick, with its cooler or Copper Still. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece i. vi. 279 Shift your first Wort out of the Coolers into a Working-Tun. 1798Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, Spring 217 Streams of new milk thro' flowing coolers stray. 1820W. Scoresby Arctic Regions II. 398 On a little lower level than..the copper, is fixed a square or oblong back or cooler..capable of containing from 10 to 20 tons of oil. 1861Wynter Soc. Bees 211 The boiling beer is now pumped up to the coolers.
b. spec. A vessel into which syrup is poured to crystallize into sugar, a crystallizer.
1790Penn. Packet 6 Jan. 4/2 Two large copper coolers, and two Boilers for Sugar-Bakers. 1819Brande Chem. 355 The fire is instantly damped, and the boiling sugar carried off in basins to the coolers. 1853Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 766 From the..cooler, the syrup is transferred into wooden chests or boxes,..also called coolers, but which are more properly crystallizers or granulators. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §449 Heater man (sugar refining); cooler hand, cooler man.., adds water to heaters, receivers, coolers or crystallisers.
c. A water-cooler; a place where cool drinking water is available. U.S.
1838N.Y. Mirror 13 Jan. 229/1 The peculiar philosophical effect of this cooler..we are unable to explain. 1905F. H. Smith At Close Range 250 ‘I'll go to the cooler and wash up what I can,’..she said. 1947S. Bellow Victim i. 6 He walked out of the office..halting in the anteroom to draw a drink from the glass cooler.
d. U.S. An insulated picnic-box; an insulated jug or similar container for keeping beverages cool.
1958Ward & Co. Catal. Spring/Summer 806 Portable coolers—keep food fresh on outings. 1959N.Y. Times Mag. 21 June 35/3 Capacious cooler, an insulated oak barrel..holds two gallons of beverage. 1962Ibid. 1 July 33/2 (caption) Coolers, shown from left to right are: wicker and leather-trimmed basket with plastic liner..; large vacuum bottle with a shoulder-strap handle..; insulated metal ice chest. 1976Mechanix Illustr. June 8/2 Spigoted coolers allow you to make beverages like iced tea right inside them. 1985New Yorker 14 Oct. 69/1 On the table a cooler and provisions.
3. A cooling medicine or agent; a refrigerant.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. ii. (1651) That the liver be outwardly anointed with some coolers that it be not over⁓heated. 1671Salmon Sign. Med. iii. xxii. Citruls, the seeds are great coolers in Feavers. 1744Berkeley Siris §7 An admirable febrifuge, at once the safest cooler and cordial. 1766Pennant Zool., Goat (1812) I. 46 In..cases, where coolers and restoratives are necessary.
4. fig. Anything that cools emotion, excitement, or ardour, or damps the spirits.
1592Bp. Andrewes Serm. (1843) V. 527 The Law, we know, is a great cooler to presumption. 1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 27 This is a cooler both to the Pharisees and Novatians, who were wont to despise sinners. 1608Hieron Wks. I. 718 What coolers of zeale, what clogges in the way that leadeth vnto life. 1781Crabbe Library 58 See coolers here, that damp the fire of rage. 1824‘P. Quiz’ (title) Fashionable Bores, or Coolers in High Life.
5. A prison or gaol. slang (orig. U.S.). Also, a prison cell (see quots.).
1884Milnor (Dakota) Teller 8 Aug., Arrested on the charge of drunkenness, lodged in the cooler over night and then fined $5 in the morning. 1884C. B. Lewis Sawed-off Sketches 117 If you utter one profane word..I'll put you behind the cross-bars of the cooler. 1885Milnor 25 Apr., Now, then, I'll give you a chance to keep out of the cooler! 1899‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps (1950) 392 Cooler, a dark cell. 1909W. H. Davies Beggars vii. 52 We wanted a night's lodging at the police station. ‘What!’ he cried in amazement; ‘what: not in the cooler?’ 1919Downing Digger Dial. 17 Cooler, prison or guard-room. 1926J. Black You can't Win ix. 114 The cooler or dark cell was the same as other cells, except that there was nothing in it and the door was solid, admitting no light. 1943‘C. Dickson’ She died a Lady ix. 73, I am not at a time of life when one enjoys being chucked in the cooler for telling truths. 1946G. Millar Horned Pigeon vii. 81 Next day I was sent to the ‘cooler’. 1962John O'London's 25 Jan. 82/2 The police station..is sometimes called the cooler, although the last word is also applied to a cell inside the nick.
▸ Horse Riding. A light blanket designed to be placed on a horse after strenuous exercise to prevent it from cooling down too rapidly.
1892H. C. Merwin Road, Track & Stable xi. 318 The cooler is a long, thin all-wool blanket, extending over the neck. 1946M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 92 Light woolen covers..thrown over a horse after racing, polo or other strenuous work while he is being walked to cool him down are known as ‘coolers’. 1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 16 Oct. The stable picked up a cooler and two jackets for each horse that ran. 2006D. Snyder-Smith Classic Western Rider viii. If the day has turned cool and you have a late run or two, be sure to use a cooler to prevent chilling.
▪ II. cooler
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