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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Firing \Fir"ing\, n.
1. The act of discharging firearms.
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2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working
it. --Knight.
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3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. --Dunglison.
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4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to
intense heat in a kiln.
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5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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{Firing iron}, an instrument used in cauterizing.
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