Definition of fire

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Fire (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile..

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Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection..
Rouet :: Rouet (n.) A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..
Flint :: Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel..
Red-riband :: Red-riband (n.) The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc..
Fuel :: Fuel (n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc..
Hydropult :: Hydropult (n.) A machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc..
Vestal :: Vestal (a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar..
Flake :: Flake (n.) A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash..
Firefly :: Firefly (n.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae..
Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right..
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed..
Bete :: Bete (v. t.) To renew or enkindle (a fire).
Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..
Bonfire :: Bonfire (n.) A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement..
Show :: Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp..
Extinction :: Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc..
Worm :: Worm (v. t.) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b)..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
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