2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firing \Fir"ing\, n.
1. The act of disharging firearms.
2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working
it --Knight.
3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. --Dunglison.
4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to
intense heat in a kiln.
5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
{Firing iron}, an instrument used in cauterizing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
firing
n 1: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold
your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes";
"they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
[syn: {fire}]
2: the act of discharging a gun [syn: {discharge}, {firing off}]
3: the act of starting a fire [syn: {ignition}, {lighting}, {kindling}]
4: the act of terminating someone's employment [syn: {dismissal},
{discharge}, {liberation}, {release}, {sack}, {sacking}]
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