† reˈfractary, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. refractāri-us (Seneca) obstinate, stubborn: see refract v. and -ary1, and cf. F. réfractaire (16th c.).
In the Earl of Stirling's Domesday (1614) x. xlii. the stressing is ˈrefractary: cf. the note to refractory.]
A. adj. = refractory. (Common in 17th c.)
| 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Refractarie, wilfull in opinion, obstinate. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xix. (1614) 215 The woman which rendereth not her husband his due, is rebellious and refractarie. 1660 Marvell Corr. Wks. 1875 II. 41, I am sorry to heare that Mr. Wilson has been so refractary. 1694 Falle Jersey v. 171 And in case the said Minister continues refractary, the Dean..shall proceed even to Deprivation. |
B. n. A refractory person.
| 1599 B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. ii, Render not your selfe a refractarie, on the sudden. 1657 Trapp Comm. Job vii. 12 God looked not upon him as he doth upon these refractaries, who to their impatience adde impenitence. |