Meaning of Refractory

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Refractory

1. 1
   a.

   Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

2. 2
   a.

   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.

3. 3
   n.

   A refractory person.

4. 4
   n.

   Refractoriness.

5. 5
   n.

   OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.

6. 6
   a.

   Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

7. 7
   a.

   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.

8. 8
   n.

   A refractory person.

9. 9
   n.

   Refractoriness.

10. 10
    n.

    OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.