Re*frig"er*a`tor (-?`t?r), n. 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.
Re*frig"er*a*to*ry (-?*t?*r?), a. [L. refrigeratorius.] Mitigating
heat; cooling.
Re*frig"er*a*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-fr&?;z). [CF. F. réfrigératoire.]
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.
||Ref`ri*ge"ri*um (r?f`r?*j?"r?*?m), n. [L.] Cooling refreshment;
||refrigeration. [Obs.] South.
Re*frin"gen*cy (r?*fr?n"jen*s?), n. The power possessed by a substance
to refract a ray; as, different substances have different
refringencies. Nichol.
Re*frin"gent (-jent), a. [L. refringens, p. pr. of refringere. See
Refract.] Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive;
refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar. Nichol.
Reft (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of Reave. Bereft.
Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn.
Heber.
Reft, n. A chink; a rift. See Rift. Rom. of R.
Ref"uge (r?f"?j), n. [F. réfuge, L. refugium, fr. refugere to flee
back; pref. re- + figere. SEe Fugitive.]