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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.

Definition 2024


firing

firing

English

Noun

firing (plural firings)

  1. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
  2. The fuel for a fire.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
      No more dams I'll make for fish; / Nor fetch in firing / At requiring [...]
  3. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
  4. The dismissal of someone from a job.

Translations

Verb

firing

  1. present participle of fire