n. 1. The act of discharging firearms. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing. [ 1913 Webster ]
. In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]