'Firing iron' definitions:
Definition of 'Firing iron'
From: GCIDE
- Firing \Fir"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of discharging firearms. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing. [1913 Webster]