1. (n.) The act of discharging firearms.

2. (n.) The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

3. (n.) The application of fire, or of a cautery.

4. (n.) The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

5. (n.) Fuel; firewood or coal.

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