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▪ I. refreshing, vbl. n.|rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ|
[f. refresh v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. in various senses; also, an instance of this; refreshment given or received; the plunging of cooked vegetables, etc., into cold water.
1382Wyclif Acts iii. 19 Whanne the tymes of kelynge, or refreischinge [L. refrigerium]..schulen come. c1400Melayne 1207 Othere refreschynge noghte many hade Bot blody water of a slade. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 217 Quyk lusty sprynges..Do gret refresshyng and coumfort to the sihte. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 93 Y haue euermore had yn al my peynys a swyfte refreschyng and releuyng of helpe. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxxv. 297 Than euery man drewe to his logynge and toke their ease, and refresshing of suche as they had. 1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer i. I iij, The tunablenes of musicke is a very great refreshing of..griefs. 1604E. G[rimstone] tr. D'Acosta's Hist. Indies ii. x. 104 The nights being cold and moist, give a refreshing. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 35, I [had] a comfortable refreshing of sufficient sleep. 1671Milton Samson 665 Some sourse of consolation from above; Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 27 The refreshings and helps they are to receive by Rain, or Dew. 1845A. M. Hall Whiteboy v, Such improvements need perpetual refreshing, and, above all, Patience. 1897Westm. Gaz. 15 Apr. 2/3 At what point..could it be said that the refreshing leaves off and the poisoning begins? 1961S. Beck et al. Mastering Art of French Cooking viii. 422 A second important French technique is that of refreshing. As soon as green vegetables have been blanched..they are plunged for several minutes into a large quantity of cold water.
†2. Fresh supplies of food. Also pl., and const. of (meat, etc.). Obs.
1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxviii. 236 For defaute of vytaylles and of refresshynge they eten hors, houndes, cattes and myse. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xi. 13 b, The refreshings of flesh, bread and fruites which he gaue vs. 1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. (1589) 194 As he passed with his armie by the countrey of the Thasians, they sent him certaine refreshing of floure, and of daintie cates. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 13 The good water and refreshing here obtained. 1650S. Clarke Eccl. Hist. i. (1654) 182 Giving them corn, wine, flesh, fish, cheese, and many other refreshings. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 185 The English at St. Helena are enriched by the refreshing which the East India ships find that meet there.
▪ II. reˈfreshing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That refreshes:
a. physically.
c1580Sidney Ps. xlii. i, As the chafed hart which braieth Seeking some refreshing brooke. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 79 Upon my flowres [thou] Diffusest hony drops, refreshing showres. 1693Congreve in Dryden's Juvenal xi. (1697) 297 Let us repose, While round our Heads refreshing Ointment flows. 1730Fielding Rape upon Rape i. vii, I'll take but one refreshing turn, and come back to the tavern to thee. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian i, The air rose from the bay with most balmy and refreshing coolness. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. (1894) v. 132 My thoughts turned to a refreshing cup of tea and a bed.
b. mentally or spiritually. Freq. in 19th c. in phr. it is (quite, etc.) refreshing.
1697S. Sewall Diary 28 Jan., These thoughts were very refreshing to me. 1723in Sewall's Lett.-Bk. (1886) I. 14 It was exceedingly refreshing to me to hear from an ancient Acquaintance and so worthy a Friend as your Self. 1774J. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 10 This is very refreshing news. 1823Byron Juan viii. xc, One good action in the midst of crimes Is ‘quite refreshing’, in the affected phrase Of these ambrosial, Pharisaic times. 1867Lowell Rousseau Pr. Wks. 1890 II. 235 There is always a refreshing heartiness in his growl.
2. Used for freshening a thing.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xv. 169 The decks are cleaned,..the refreshing beef-nets examined.
3. Of a fee: (see refresher 3 a).
1716Parish Rec. Kenilworth in Mod. Lang. Rev. (1951) XLVI. 327 Paid to Mr. Palmer a Refreshing fee at Christmas Sessions. 1775Sheridan Rivals Prol., We did amend our plea, Hence your new brief, and this refreshing fee.
Hence reˈfreshingly adv.
1817Keats Calidore 16 To see it..Dip so refreshingly its wings and breast 'Gainst the smooth surface. 1886F. M. Crawford Tale Lonely Parish vi, She had made the acquaintance of a refreshingly young scholar. |