refrigerative 
refrigerative (re-frij'e-ra-tiv), a. and n. [= 
OF.refrigeratif.t 1 . refrigeratif = Sp. Pg. re- 
frigerativo = It. refrigeratiro, rifrigerativo ; as 
refrigerate + -ire.] I. a. Cooling; refrigerant: 
as, a refrigerative treatment. 
All lectuces are by nature refrigerative, and doe coole 
the bodle. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xix. 8. 
II. H. A medicine that allays the sensation 
of heat ; a refrigerant. 
refrigerator (re-frij'e-ra-tor), n. [< refrigrnilr 
+ -or 1 .] That which refrigerates, cools, or 
keeps cool ; specifically, any vessel, chamber, or 
apparatus de- 
signed to keep i 
its contents at ' 
a temperature 
little if at 
all above the 
freezing-point. 
In a restricted 
sense, a refrigera- 
tor is an inclosed 
chamber or com- 
partment where 
meats, fish, fruit, 
or liquors, etc., 
are kept cool by 
the presence of ice 
or freezing-mix- 
tures, or by the 
circulation of cur- 
rents of cold air or 
liquid supplied by 
an ice-machine or 
a refrigerating- 
machine. Domes* 
tic refrigerators 
are made in a 
great variety of 
shapes, and may 
be either portable 
or built into the 
walls of a house. 
They range from 
the common ice- 
box (which in its 
simplest form is 
merely a metal- 
lined wooden box 
Refrigerator. 
a, body of the refrigerator; *, paper sheath- 
ing ; e, a shelf for supporting ice i: /. drip- 
pipe ; g, air-trap ; h, drip-pan ; /, j' , lias 
covering ice-chamber; k, door of compart- 
ment containing shelves /, of corrugated gal- 
vanized iron, on which are supported the arti- 
cles to be preserved by refrigeration ; z. zinc 
lining. 
with facilities for drainage, kept partly filled with ice on 
which nsh or meat may be kept) to large and elaborate 
ice-chests and ice-rooms. Small refrigerators are some- 
times called ice-safes. Anesthetic refrigerator. See 
anesthetic. 
refrigerator-car (re-frij'e-ra-tor-kar), u. A 
freight-car fitted up for the preservation by 
means of cold of perishable merchandise. Such 
cars are supplied with an ice-chamber, and sometimes with 
a blower, which is driven by a belt from one axle of the 
car, and causes a constant circulation of air over the ice 
and through the car. [IT. 8.) 
refrigeratory (re-frij'e-ra-to-ri), a. and n. [= 
Sp. Pg. It. refrigeratorio, <'L. refrigeratorius, 
cooling, refrigeratory, < refrigerare, pp. refri- 
geratus, cool : see refrigerate.] I. a. Cooling; 
mitigating heat. 
This grateful acid spirit that first comes over is ... 
highly refrigeratory, diuretic, sudorific. 
Bp. Berkeley, tr. of Siris, 120. 
II. .; pi. refrigeratories (-riz). Anything 
which refrigerates ; a refrigerant ; a refrigera- 
tor ; any vessel, chamber, or pipe in which cool- 
ing is effected. 
A delicate wine, and a durable refrigeratory. Mortimer. 
refrigeriumt (ref-ri-je'ri-um), n. [= It. Sp. Pg. 
refrigerio, a cooling, mitigation, consolation, < 
LL. refrigerium, < L. refrigerare, make cool : 
see refrigerate.] Cooling refreshment; refri- 
geration. 
It must be acknowledged, the ancients have talked much 
of annual refrigeriums. Smith. 
refringet, *' '. [< L- refringere, break up, break 
open, < re-, back, +fringere, break : aeefraction. 
Cf . refract, refrain?, and infringe.'] To infringe 
upon. Palsgrave. (Halliwell.) 
refringency (rp-frin'jen-si), . [< refringen(t) 
+ -cy.] The power of a substance to refract a 
ray; refringent or refractive power. 
refringent (re-frin'jent), a. [< F. refringent = 
Sp. refringente, < L. refringen(t-)n, ppr. of re- 
fringere, break up, break off: see refract.] 
Possessing the quality of refractiveness ; re- 
fractive; refracting: as, a refringent prism. 
[Bare.] 
Refraction is the deflection or bending which luminous 
rays experience in passing obliquely from one medium to 
another. . . . According as the refracted ray approaches 
or deviates from the normal, the second medium is said 
to be more or less refringent or refracting than the first. 
Atltinxm, tr. of Ganot's Physics (10th ed.), I 536. 
refroidet, c. Same as refreid. 
reft 1 (reft). Preterit and past participle of reave. 
reft 2 t, reftet, . Obsolete forms of rift 1 . 
refuge 1 (ref'uj), . [< ME. refuge, < OF. (and 
F.) refuge = Pr. refug, rcfucli '= Sp. Pg. It. re- 
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fugio, < L. reftt(/ium, a taking refuge, refuge, a 
place of refuge, < refugcre, nee back, retreat, < 
re-, back, + fugere, flee : see fugitive. Cf. v- 
fuit, refute?.] 1. Shelter or protection from 
danger or distress. 
And as thou art a rightful lord and juge, 
Ne yeve us neither mercy ne refvge. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 862. 
Rocks, dens, and caves ! But I in none of these 
Find place or refuge. Milton, P. L., ix. 118. 
2. That which shelters or protects from danger, 
distress, or calamity ; a stronghold which pro- 
tects by its strength, or a sanctuary which se- 
cures safety by its sacredness ; any place where 
one is out of tne way of a threatened danger or 
evil; specifically, an institution where the des- 
titute or homeless find temporary shelter; an 
asylum. 
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in 
trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1. 
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the 
rocks for the conies. Ps. civ. 18. 
Drawn from his refuge in some lonely elm, 
. . . ventures forth . . . 
The squirrel. Cowper, Task, vi. 310. 
3. An expedient to secure protection, defense, 
or excuse ; a device ; a contrivance ; a shift ; a 
resource. 
Their latest refuge 
Was to send him. Shak., Cor., v. 3. 11. 
0, teach me how to make mine own excuse ! 
Or at the least this refuge let me find ; 
Though my gross blood be stain'd with this abuse, 
Immaculate and spotless is my mind. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1654. 
A youth unknown to Phoebus, in despair, 
Puts his last refuge all in heaven and prayer. 
Pope, Dunciad, it 214. 
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. 
Johnson, in Boswell, an. 1775. 
City of Refuge. See city. Harbor of refuge. Seeftor- 
bar'. House of refuge, an institution for the shelter of 
the homeless or destitute. School of refuge, a charity, 
ragged, or industrial school. Also called tons' or girls' 
house of refuge. = Syn. 1. Safety, security. 2. Asylum, re- 
treat, sanctuary, harbor, covert. 
refuge 1 (ref'uj). v.; pret. and pp. refuged, ppr. 
ref nying. (/ OF. refugier, F. refugier = Sp. Pg. 
refugiar = It. refugiare, take refuge ; from the 
noun.] I. trans. To shelter; protect; find ref- 
uge or excuse for. 
Silly beggars, 
Who, sitting in the stocks, refuge their shame, 
That many nave and others must sit there. 
Shak., Rich. II., v. 5. 26. 
Even by those gods who refuged her abhorred. 
Dryden, JSneid, ii. 782. 
II. intrants. To take shelter. [Rare.] 
The Duke de Soubise refuged hether from France upon 
miscarriage of some undertakings of his there. 
Sir J. Finett, Foreign Ambassadors, p. 111. 
Upon the crags 
Which verge the northern shore, upon the heights 
Eastward, how few have refuged ! Southey. 
refuge 2 (ref'uj), H. A dialectal form of refuse 2 . 
Halliwell. 
refugee (ref-u-je'), n. [< F. refugie (= Sp. Pg. 
refugiado = It. refugiato), pp. of refugier, take 
refuge: see refuge 1 , v.] 1. One who flees to a 
refuge or shelter or place of safety. 
Under whatever name, the city on the rocks, small at 
first, strengthened by refugees from Salona, grew and pros- 
pered. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 229. 
2. One who in times of persecution or political 
commotion flees to a foreign country for safety. 
Poor refugees at first, they purchase here ; 
And soon as denizen'd they domineer. 
Dryden, tr. of Satires of Juvenal, iii. 
3. One of a band of marauders during the 
American Revolution : so called because they 
placed themselves under the refuge or protec- 
tion of the British crown : same as cow-boy, 3. 
refugeeism (ref-u-je'izm), n. [< refugee + -ism.] 
The state or condition of a refugee. 
A Pole, or Czech, or something of that fermenting sort, 
in a state of political refugeeism. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxii. 
refuitt, a. [ME., also rcfuyt, refute, refnt, refutt, 
< OF. rrfnit, refuyt, refui, m., "refuite, refute, F. 
nj'iiite. f., flight, escape. < refuir, flee, < L. re- 
f ni/cre, flee: see refuge 1 .] Refuge; protection. 
Thou art largesse of pleyn felicitee, 
Havene of refute, of quiete, and of reste. 
Chaucer, A. B. ('.. 1. H. 
How myght ye youre-self guyde that may nought se to 
bere a baner in bateile of a kynge that ought to be refute 
and counfort to alle the hoste. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 622. 
refulgence (re-ful'jens), . [< OF. refuli/eiirr 
= Sp. Pg. refutyencia = It. refulgema, < L. re- 
fulgentia, reflected luster, refulgence, < reful- 
gen(t-)s, refulgent: see refulgent.] The state 
refusal 
or character of being refulgent ; a flood of light ; 
splendor ; brilliancy. 
A bar of ore, the heat and refulgence of which were al- 
most insupportable to me at ten feet distance. 
Wraxatt, Tour through Northern Parts of Europe, p. 169. 
= Syn. E/ulgence, Splendor, etc. (see radiance), brightness. 
refulgency (re-ful'jen-si), n. [As refulgence 
(see -cy).] Same as 'refulgence. 
refulgent (re-ful'jent), a. [< OF. refulgent, 
F. refulgent '= Sp. Pg. refulgente = It. riful- 
gente, < L. refulgen(t-)s, ppr. of refulgere, flash 
back, shine brilliantly, < re-, back, + fulgere, 
flash, shine: see fulgent.] Emitting or reflect- 
ing a bright light; shining; splendid. 
If those refulgent beams of Heav'n's great light 
Gild not the day, what is the day but night V 
Quarles, Emblems, v. 12. 
Where some refulgent sunset of India 
Streams o'er a rich ambrosial ocean isle. 
Tennyson, Experiments, Milton. 
refulgently (re-ful'jent-li), adv. With reful- 
gence ; with great brightness. 
refund 1 (re-fund'), v. t. [< OF. refondre, re- 
melt, recast, refondre, refonder, restore, pay 
back, F. refondre, remelt, recast, remodel, re- 
form, = Pr. refondre = Sp. Pg. refundir, pour 
out again, = It. rifondere, pour out, remelt, 
recast, < L. refundere, pour back, restore, < 
re-, back, + fnndere, pour: see refound%. The 
OF. refondre, in the form refonder, in the sense 
' restore,' seems to be confused with refonder, 
refunder, reestablish, rebuild, restore : see re- 
found 1 . In def. 2 the B. verb appar. associ- 
ated with fund 1 , n. Cf. refund^.] If. To pom- 
back. 
Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any color, 
they would refund that colour upon the object. 
Bay, Works of Creation, ii. 
2. To return in payment or compensation for 
what has been taken ; repay ; restore. 
With this you have repaid me two thousand Pound, 
and if you did not refund thus honestly, I could not have 
supply d her. Steele, Tender Husband, L 1. 
3. To resupply with funds; reimburse; in- 
demnify. [Rare.] 
The painter has a demand ... to be fully refunded, 
both for his disgraces, his losses, and the apparent dan- 
ger of his life. Swift, to Bp. Horte, May 12, 1738. 
Refunding Act, a United States statute of July 14th, 
1870, providing for the issue of 5, 4, and 4 per cent, bonds, 
and for devoting the proceeds to the redemption of out- 
standing bonds. 
refund 1 (re-fund'), n. [< refund 1 , v.] Repay- 
ment ; return of money. [Colloq.] 
Their lots were confiscated ; no refund was made of the 
purchase money or compensation allowed for improve- 
ments. Pop. Set. Mo., XXVIII. 784. 
No refund of duty shall be allowed after the lapse of 
fourteen days from the time of entry. 
U. S. Com. Reports (1886), No. 72, p. 5S2. 
refund 2 (re-fund'), v. t. [< re- + fund 1 .] To 
fund again or anew, as a public debt. 
refunder 1 (re-fun'der), n. [< refund 1 4- -er 1 .] 
One who refunds or repays. 
refunder 2 (re-fun'der), n. [< refund? + -er 1 .] 
One who refunds or favors refunding or fund- 
ing anew. 
refundment (re-fund'ment), n. [< refund 1 + 
-ment.] The act of refunding or returning 
in payment or compensation that which has 
been borrowed or taken ; also, that which is re- 
funded. 
Church land, alienated to lay uses, was formerly de- 
nounced to have this slippery quality [like thawing snow]. 
But some portions of It somehow always stuck so fast 
that the denunciators have been fain to postpone the 
prophecy of refundment to a late posterity. 
Lamb, Popular Fallacies, ii. 
refurbish (re-fer'bish), . *. [< re- + furbish. Cf. 
OF. reforbir, refourbir, F. refourbir = It. rifor- 
bire, refurbish.] To furbish anew; polish up. 
It requires a better poet to refurbish a trite thought 
than to exhibit an original. 
Landor, Imaginary Conversations, Abbe Delille and Wal- 
[ter Landor. 
refurnish (re-fer'nish), v. t. [< re- + furnish. 
Cf. OF. refournir, F. refoi/rnir = It. rifomire, 
refurnish.] To furnish or supply anew; refit 
with furniture. 
By his mostc excellent witte, he [Henry VII.] . . . re- 
uiued the lawes, . . . refurnished his dominions, and re- 
payred his manours. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, i. 24. 
refusable (re-fu'za-bl), a. [< OF. (and f.)re- 
fiiKit hie ; as refuse^ + -able.] Capable of being 
refused ; admitting refusal. 
A refutable or little thing in one's eye. 
Young, Sermons, ii. 
refusal (re-fu'zal), . [< AF. refusal; as re- 
fuse 1 + -/.] 1. The act of refusing ; denial 
