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Webster 1913 Edition

Firing

Fir′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of discharging firearms.
2.
The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.
Knight.
3.
The application of fire, or of a cautery.
Dunglison.
4.
The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.
5.
Fuel; firewood or coal.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
Firing iron
,
an instrument used in cauterizing.

Webster 1828 Edition

Firing

FI'RING

,
ppr.
Setting fire to; kindling; animating; exciting; inflaming; discharging firearms.

FI'RING

, n.
1.
The act of discharging firearms.
2.
Fuel; firewood or coal.

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