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.
© Webster 1913.