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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFRACTED

pp. 1. Turned from a direct course, as rays of light.
2. a. In botany, bent back at an acute angle; as a refracted corol.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFRACTED

REFRACTED Re *fract "ed, a.

 

1. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.

 

2. Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.