About The Word Refractory
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Refractory
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What's The Definition Of Refractory?
[n] lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
[adj] resistant to authority or control; "as refractory as a mule" [adj] stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" [adj] marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius" [adj] (medicine) not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne" Synonyms | Synonyms for Refractory: disobedient | fractious | furnace lining | intractable | recalcitrant | stubborn | uncooperative Related Terms | Find terms related to Refractory: See Also | alumina | aluminium oxide | aluminum oxide | fireclay | lining Refractory In Webster's Dictionary \Re*frac"to*ry\ (-r?), a. [L. refractorius, fr.
refringere: cf. F. refractaire. See {Refract}.]
1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn;
unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and
refractory. --Shak.
2. Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion,
reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and
the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the
hammer; as, a refractory ore.
Syn: Perverse; contumacious; unruly; stubborn; obstinate;
unyielding; ungovernable; unmanageable.
\Re*frac"to*ry\, n. 1. A refractory person. --Bp. Hall. 2. Refractoriness. [Obs.] --Jer. TAylor. 3. OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles. --Knight. |
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