Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Refrigeratory \Re*frig"er*a*to*ry\ (-?*t?*r?), a. [L.
   refrigeratorius.]
   Mitigating heat; cooling.

Refrigeratory \Re*frig"er*a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-fr?z).
   [CF. F. r['e]frig['e]ratoire.]
   That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically:
   (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water,
       surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby
       condensed.
   (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice
       machine.