Definition of firing

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Firing (n.) The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

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Arson :: Arson (n.) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship..
Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
Firing :: Firing (n.) Fuel; firewood or coal.
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..
Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..
Matross :: Matross (n.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns..
Fire :: Fire (n.) The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire..
Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing..
Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..
Artilleryman :: Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing..
Gunshot :: Gunshot (n.) Act of firing a gun; a shot.
Fuel :: Fuel (v. t.) To store or furnish with fuel or firing.
Firing :: Firing (n.) The act of disharging firearms.
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy..
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
Firing :: Firing (n.) The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.
Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
Monk :: Monk (n.) A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine..
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