Fire

fir, n. Evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion: state of ignition; fuel in combustion, as on a hearth or in a furnace; 4, the burning of a house, etc.; conflagration; ardor sec of pa ion; warmth of imagination; enthusiasm; discharge of fire-arms. — v. i. [fired (fird), firing.] end To set on fire, kindle; to inflame, irritate; to anior mate, give life or spirit to; to cause to explode, disadv. charge. (Far.) To cauterize, — v. i. To take fire, be kindled, kindle; to be irritated or inflamed with fare; 6nd, 5ve, tSrm; Tn, Ice; 8dd, tone, 8r; FIRKIN 145 pa ion; to discharge fire-arms. — Ffery, -gr-i, a. Consisting of, like, or heated by, fire; ardent; impetuous; irritable; fierce. — Fire'-alarm', n. An alarm given of a conflagration; apparatus forgiving alarm, as by telegraphic signals. — arm, n. A weapon which acts by the force of gunpowder, — -clay, n. A kind of clay, chiefly pure silicate of alumina, capable of sustaining intense heat. — fly, n. A winged, luminous insect; an Amer. beetle giving intermittent light from the abdomen; a W. Ind. beetle which emits brilliant light from a spot on each side of the thorax, etc. — proof, a. Proof against Are; incombustible. — v. t. To render proof, etc— Fire'man, n.; pi. -men. One whose busine is to extinguish fires in towns; one who tends fires, as of a steam-engine. — Fire's ide, n. A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life. 157