1.lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
2.resistant to authority or control;
as refractory as a mule
3.not responding to treatment;
a stubborn infection
4.marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance;
a recalcitrant teenager
5.stubbornly resistant to authority or control;
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness