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▪ I. refrigerating, vbl. n.|rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪtɪŋ|
[f. refrigerate v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. refrigerate. Also attrib.
1684R. Waller Nat. Exper. 72 It was cooled first, lest..upon the first Refrigerating it should Contract. 1877Patents Abridgm. 1819–66, 15 The first part of this invention relates to the refrigerating of beverages. 1898Westm. 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. 1909Chambers'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.
▪ II. reˈfrigerating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That refrigerates; producing, pertaining to, connected with, natural or artificial refrigeration.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 47 A coole and refrigerating sleeping-place. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. (1653) 316 Refrigerating repercussive medicaments, which driue backward the matter to the profundity. 1676Worlidge Cyder (1691) 143 A cool refrigerating spring-water. 1799Med. Jrnl. II. 149 The situation..suggested to me an idea that refrigerating, and also sedative remedies, might be used externally with advantage. 1833N. Arnott Physics (ed. 5) II. 108 The brine is at first a refrigerating mixture, which cools still more the pavement and the neighbouring ice. 1881Nature 18 Aug. 364 These differences being due..to the refrigerating power of snow. |