refractory

[Re*frac·to*ry]

Imagine yourself pulling a dog who doesn't want to walk. The dog is refractory, or stubbornly resisting your authority.

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Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

Noun
lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace

Adjective S.
resistant to authority or control; "as refractory as a mule"

Adjective S.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

Adjective S.
marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius"

Adjective S.
not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"

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a.
Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

a.
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.

n.
A refractory person.

n.
Refractoriness.

n.
OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.


Refractory

Re*frac"to*ry (-r?), a. [L. refractorius, fr. refringere: cf. F. refractaire. See Refract.] 1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.
2. 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. Syn. -- Perverse; contumacious; unruly; stubborn; obstinate; unyielding; ungovernable; unmanageable.

Refractory

Re*frac"to*ry, n. 1. A refractory person. Bp. Hall. 2. Refractoriness. [Obs.] 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.

Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

A refractory person.

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