Definition of fire

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Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..

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Enkindle :: Enkindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.
Fireprrofing :: Fireprrofing (n.) The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process..
Quenchless :: Quenchless (a.) Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury..
Crane :: Crane (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire..
Firestone :: Firestone (n.) A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces..
Onomatopoeia :: Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire..
Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings..
Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin..
Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace..
Curfew :: Curfew (n.) A utensil for covering the fire.
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Burn :: Burn (n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms..
Kindler :: Kindler (n.) One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire..
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like..
Ash-fire :: Ash-fire (n.) A low fire used in chemical operations.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
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