Hypertext Webster Gateway: "refrigerant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Refrigerant \Re*frig"er*ant\ (r?*fr?j"?r-ant), a. [L.
refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. r['e]frig['e]rant.
See {Refrigerate}.]
Cooling; allaying heat or fever. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Refrigerant \Re*frig"er*ant\, n.
That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine
or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of
fever; -- used also figuratively. --Holland. ``A refrigerant
to passion.'' --Blair.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
refrigerant
adj : causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such
as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: {refrigerating}]
n : a substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
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