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Pyromorphous :: Pyromorphous (a.) Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire.

Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..

Cottrel :: Cottrel (n.) A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire..

Fire :: Fire (n.) The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

Glassy :: Glassy (a.) Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.

Light :: Light (v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light..

Ignescent :: Ignescent (a.) Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones..

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..

Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

Fire :: Fire (v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly..

Open :: Open (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting..

Theosophy :: Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the

Tread :: Tread (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet..

Fire :: Fire (n.) Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.

Ignivomous :: Ignivomous (a.) Vomiting fire.

Insure :: Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..

Firewarden :: Firewarden (n.) An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward..

Parapet :: Parapet (n.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate..

Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter..

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