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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Aries :: Aries (n.) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March..
Primordially :: Primordially (adv.) At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
Rudimentary :: Rudimentary (a.) Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays..
Sappho :: Sappho (n.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail..
Regulus :: Regulus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cauterize.
Rocket :: Rocket (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative..
Light :: Light (n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light..
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..
Spitfuls :: Spitfire (n.) A violent, irascible, or passionate person..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move..
Resoluble :: Resoluble (a.) Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire..
Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
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Young :: Young (superl.) Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..
Consul :: Consul (n.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul..
Rigel :: Rigel (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
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