1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iv. 281 It hath a maruellous force of refrigerating or cooling [L. refrigerandi], which is the cause that here are so few diseases.

1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 72 It was cooled first, lest..upon the first Refrigerating it should Contract.

?1708 Brit. Apollo: Q. Paper 1 No. 2. 12/2 The Retention of the Saliva..being highly necessary, towards the Diluting and Refrigerateing of the Blood.

1877 Patents for Inventions: Abridgm. Specif. 1819–66 15 The first part of this invention relates to the refrigerating of beverages.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 10/3 An illustrated monthly dealing with ice, ice-making, refrigerating, cold storage, and all the allied industries that employ forced cold.

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 23/1 The refrigerating-engineer..claims to play the chief part in the successful maintenance of the overseas trade in chilled meat.

1997 New Scientist 8 Mar. 33/1 Since no single cooling mechanism can achieve the 300-kelvin temperature drop, ESA's chiller has several components, each using a different refrigerating technique.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xvi. 238 It is farre better..(saith Galene) when you see the colour of the affected member altered, to passe ouer from refrigerating and moderating helpes vnto their contraries.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. 458 His vrine..passed still from him, as he received it: which the physitions iudging to arise from a whot cause, would haue helped by cold and refrigerating remedies.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 47 A coole and refrigerating-sleeping-place.

1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 109 A cool refrigerating Spring-water.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 158 A Refrigerating Expression..tempers flatulent Estuosities of the Hypochondria.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 149 The situation..suggested to me an idea that refrigerating, and also sedative remedies, might be used externally with advantage.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 108 The brine is at first a refrigerating mixture, which cools still more the pavement and the neighbouring ice.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1868 I. 774/2 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52, Pt. 1) X [The] Refrigerating Car..has a plurality of metallic chambers for the respective reception of ‘way’ and ‘through’ freight.

1883 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. 67 The construction of refrigerating transportation cars.

1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 103 The river bridged itself with crystal to its refrigerating tread.

1987 M. Wesley Not that Sort of Girl (1988) xix. 107 The library..was too hot near the log fire but refrigerating if you moved six feet away from it.

2006 Energy 31 2654 Depending on the specifics of the project, a combination of evaporative and refrigerating cooling systems might be the best choice.