firing iron

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firing iron - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Firing \Fir"ing\, n.
     1. The act of discharging firearms.
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     2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working
        it. --Knight.
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     3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. --Dunglison.
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     4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to
        intense heat in a kiln.
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     5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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     Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing.
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