refractory

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The findings were published in the International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials and are scheduled to appear in the journal's April 2026 print issue.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Less joyful are the Laws against Refractory Priests; and yet no less needful!

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

‘A pretty Ouse this is, matron, ain’t it?’ said Refractory Two, ‘where a pleeseman’s called in, if a gal says a word!’

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Dickens, Charles

A couple of days after, I went to the "Refractory building," under special charge of Dr. Beemer, and through the wards pretty thoroughly, both the men's and women's.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

Refractory, rē-frak′to-ri, adj. breaking through rules: unruly: unmanageable: obstinate: perverse: difficult of fusion, as metals, &c.: not susceptible, as to disease.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various