2 entries under this word

Refrigerant

Re-frīg'er-ant, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare; Fr. réfrigérant, It. & Sp. refrigerante. See REFRIGERATE.] Cooling; allaying heat. Bacon.

Re-frīg'er-ant, n.

noun

n. [Fr. réfrigérant, It. & Sp. refrigerante.] That which abates heat, or cools; hence, that which tends to allay excited feeling. “Unctuous liniments or salves . . . devised as lenitive and refrigerant.” Holland.