Vocabulary : Refractor to Refrainer
Refractor : Anything that refracts ;; A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.Refractorily : In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
Refractoriness : The quality or condition of being refractory.
Refractory : Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. ;; 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. ;; A refractory person. ;; Refractoriness. ;; OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.
Refracture : A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon. ;; To break again, as a bone.
