▪ I. † ˈcooly, a. Obs. rare.
[f. cool n. + -y1.]
Of cool refreshing quality.
| 1594 Carew Tasso (1881) 16 Some cooly easefull place he sought to geat. 1595 Spenser Col. Clout 58 Keeping my sheepe amongst the cooly shade Of the greene alders. 1610 Tofte Honours Acad. 1 Greene coolie grasse with faire coloured flowers to delight the sences. 1710 Philips Pastorals i. 86 E'er the warm Sun drinks up the cooly Dews. |
▪ II. cooly
var. of collie, coolie.