Definition of fir

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Fir (n.) A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus..

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Voucher :: Voucher (n.) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts..
Supernaculum :: Supernacular (a.) Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine..
Fire-fanged :: Fire-fanged (a.) Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
Orpiment :: Orpiment (n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing..
Jamb :: "Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler..
Firmless :: Firmless (a.) Infirm; unstable.
Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..
Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..
Fast :: Fast (a.) In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably..
Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside..
Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
Bedridden :: Bedridden (v. i.) Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.
Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.
Grandee :: Grandee (n.) A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence..
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps..
Propionic :: Propionic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel..
Blazing :: Blazing (a.) Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches..
Forevouched :: Forevouched (a.) Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance.
Aricine :: Aricine (n.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark..
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