The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cooling \Cool"ing\, p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]