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▪ I. refrigeratory, n.|rɪˈfrɪdʒərətərɪ|
[See next and -ory1. Cf. obs. F. refrigeratoire (Cotgr.).]
1. A vessel at the head of a still filled with cold water through which the worm passes, for condensing alcoholic and other vapours; any vessel or apparatus employed for a similar purpose.
1605Timme Quersit. iii. 186 Thy vessell..must be such as the chymicall distillars do use;..furnished with their refrigeratories (as they terme them). 1641French Distill. i. (1651) 34 The liquor..must be distilled in an Alembick with a refrigeratory or Copper Stil with a worm. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Distillation of oil, When the cold Water in the Tub grows hot, you must let it out thro' the Canal of the Refrigeratory, and put fresh in the room of it. 1782Withering in Phil. Trans. LXXII. 328, 1st, By water, is always meant water distilled in glass vessels, or by means of a large tin refrigeratory. 1821Ure Dict. Chem. s.v. Laboratory, Instead of using a refrigeratory or receiver, the spirit is made to pass through a spiral pipe called a worm. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2456/1 The refrigeratory consists of three compartments.
attrib.1839Ure Dict. Arts 1179 The alcohol..will proceed onwards into the refrigeratory tube.
2. Any medium, appliance, vessel or chamber by or in which the process of cooling or freezing is effected.
1653R. G. tr. Bacon's Hist. Winds 17 Enquire concerning..Artificiall windes, as Bellowes, Refrigeratories, or Coolers in Parlours. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) 28 The leaves of Oaks abundantly congested on Snow, preserves it as well for wine, as a deep pit, or the most artificial Refrigeratory. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 352 It will be a delicate, palatable, rich Wine,..and in a Refrigeratory very durable. 1849Blackw. Mag. LXV. 411 Vast refrigeratories are provided at both the poles. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1165/1 If now the end containing the compound be plunged in a refrigeratory and the other in water [etc.].
▪ II. refrigeratory, a.|rɪˈfrɪdʒərətərɪ|
[ad. L. refrīgerātōri-us: see refrigerate v. and -ory2.]
Tending to cool or make cold; cooling.
1721in Bailey. 1744Berkeley Siris §120 This grateful acid spirit..is..highly refrigeratory, diuretic, sudorific. 1798in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799) II. 150 Close to the stream I was showed this lady's bower; it is umbrageous and refrigeratory. 1839Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 42 Trinity term..replaces these delicacies with the more refrigeratory victual of cold boiled lamb and salad. 1889Pall Mall G. 23 May 4/3 The pumping of cold air for refrigeratory purposes. |