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   Firing, 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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