Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Firing

Firing , noun

1.
The act of discharging 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. [Obsolete] — Mortimer
Collocations (1)
Firing iron , an instrument used in cauterizing.