Definition of fire

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Fire (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile..

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Ball :: Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..
Crude :: Crude (superl.) In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh..
Hoecake :: Hoecake (n.) A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Centerfire Cartridge :: Centerfire cartridge () See under Cartridge.
Stokey :: Stoker (v. t.) A fire poker.
Corposant :: Corposant (n.) St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.
Cucujo :: Cucujo (n.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.
Fire-new :: Fire-new (a.) Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
Airing :: Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room..
Fireflies :: Fireflies (pl. ) of Firefl.
Ramrod :: Ramrod (n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Firebare :: Firebare (n.) A beacon.
Hastener :: Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it..
Rousing :: Rousing (a.) Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To drive by fire.
Gatling Gun :: Gatling gun () An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen..
Elmo''s Fire :: Elmo's fire () See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint..
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