different between warming vs calefactory

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)m??

Etymology 1

From Middle English warminge, warmynge, from Old English wærmi?ende, wermende, wyrmende, present participle of Old English wyrman, wirman (“to warm”), equivalent to warm +? -ing.

Verb

warming

1. present participle of warm

Etymology 2

From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm +? -ing.

Noun

warming (plural warmings)

1. A small rise in temperature.
2. (slang) A beating; a thrashing.
   • 2017, Harry Goulding, A Grimsby Life - Part 1: Henry the Ninth (page 193)

     More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained.

Related terms

• global warming
• heart-warming
• warming pan
• warming up

Translations

References

• warming at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækt??i

Adjective

calefactory (comparative more calefactory, superlative most calefactory)

1. warming

Noun

calefactory (plural calefactories)

1. (architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
2. A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Synonyms

• (monastic room): common house, warming house, pisalis, pyrale

Related terms

• calefaction
• calefactor