firing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: firing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for firing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firing n the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" Synonym(s): fire, firing the act of discharging a gun Synonym(s): discharge, firing, firing off the act of setting something on fire Synonym(s): ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Synonym(s): dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firing \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.