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.
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