firing

firing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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