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Firing

1. The act of disharging firearms.

2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

3. The application of fire, or of a cautery.

4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

5. Fuel; firewood or coal. Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing.