firing
firing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight.
- 2.The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison.
- 3.The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.
- 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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- What is the mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight called?
- What is the application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison called?
- What is the process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln called?
- What is fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] Mortimer. Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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