Defn: Cooling; allaying heat.
— n.
Defn: A refrigerant.
Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment. I. Taylor.
REFRIGERATOR
Re*frig"er*a`tor (-`tr), n.
Defn: That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically: (a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice. (b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc. Refrigerator car (Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.
REFRIGERATORY
Re*frig"er*a*to*ry (-*t*r), a. Etym: [L. refrigeratorius.]
Defn: Mitigating heat; cooling.
REFRIGERATORY Re*frig"er*a*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-fr. Etym: [CF. F. réfrigératoire.]
Defn: That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically: (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed. (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.
REFRIGERIUM
Ref`ri*ge"ri*um (rf`r*j"r*m), n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] South.