Fire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To drive by fire.

II. Fire ·vt To Cauterize.

III. Fire ·vi To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

IV. Fire ·noun Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.

V. Fire ·noun Anything which destroys or affects like fire.

VI. Fire ·noun Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

VII. Fire ·noun The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.

VIII. Fire ·vt To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.

IX. Fire ·vi To take fire; to be kindled; to Kindle.

X. Fire ·vt To light up as if by fire; to Illuminate.

XI. Fire ·vi To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.

XII. Fire ·noun Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.

XIII. Fire ·noun The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.

XIV. Fire ·noun Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.

XV. Fire ·noun The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

XVI. Fire ·vt To set on fire; to Kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

XVII. Fire ·noun Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.

XVIII. Fire ·vt To subject to intense heat; to Bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.

XIX. Fire ·vt To Animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.

XX. Fire ·vt To Inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.

XXI. Fire ·vt To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to Disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, ·etc.