Firing

·noun Fuel; firewood or coal.

II. Firing ·noun The act of disharging firearms.

III. Firing ·noun The application of fire, or of a cautery.

IV. Firing ·noun The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

V. Firing ·noun The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

Firing pin
·add. ·- In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and e...

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Rapid-firing
·add. ·adj Firing shots in rapid succession. II. Rapid-firing ·add. ·adj In Great Britain and Europ...

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cease firing
The order to leave off. ...

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firing-party
A detachment of soldiers, marines, or small-arm men selected to fire over the grave of an individual...

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firing a gun
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
point-blank firing
That wherein no elevation is given to the gun, its axis being pointed for the object. ...

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