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Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..

Firing :: Firing (n.) The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery..

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

Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing..

Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire..

Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..

Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..

Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.

Quadrate :: Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing..

Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..

Smift :: Smift (n.) A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse..

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..

Feu De Joie :: Feu de joie () A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

Fire :: Fire (n.) The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire..

Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon..

Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Ricochet :: Ricochet (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n..

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