refrigerative (refrijerativ)

and n. OF. refrigeratif, F. réfrigérat if = Sp. Pg. re frigerativo = It. refrigerativo, rifrigerativo; as refrigerate + -ive.] I. a. Cooling; refrigerant: as, a refrigerative treatment. All lectuces are by nature refrigerative , and doe coole the bodie. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xix. 8. II. n. A medicine that allays the sensation of heat; a refrigerant. 5041 fugio, And as thou art a rightful lord and juge, Ne yeve us neither mercy ne refuge . Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 862. Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these Find place or refuge . Milton , P. L., ix. 119. + -or1.] That which refrigerates, cools, or keeps cool; specifically, any ve el, chamber, or apparatus designed to keep its contents at IMG:content-1856.png:[blocks in formation] are kept cool by the presence of ice or freezing-mixtures, or by the circulation of currents of cold air or liquid supplied by an ice-machine or refrigerating machine. Domestic 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 IMG:content-1857.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] a, body of the refrigerator; b, paper sheathing; e, a shelf for supporting ice i; f, drippipe; g, air-trap; h, drip-pan; j.j, lids covering ice-chamber; k, door of compartment containing shelves 1, of corrugated galvanized iron, on which are supported the articles to be preserved by refrigeration; z, zinc lining. with facilities for drainage, kept partly filled with ice on which fish or meat may be kept) to large and elaborate ice-chests and ice-rooms. Small refrigerators are sometimes called ice- safes. - Anesthetic refrigerator. See anesthetic.