Dictionary entry

Refractory (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐frac″to‐ry, n. 1. A refractory person. Bp. Hall.

2. Refractoriness. 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.