Fire

(fir). The visible heat of burning bodies. F.-damp, the gas contained in coal, often given off in large quantities, and exploding, on ignition, when mixed with atmospheric air. F. measles. Synonym of R'dtheln. F.-weed. Erechthites and Epilobium. See Firing (fir'-ing). The application, either slight or caustic, of a hot metallic cauter. The sterilization of a ve el or flask by the combustion of contained alcohol.