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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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