firing

The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.countableuncountable

• After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing.

The fuel for a fire.countableuncountable

• No more dams I’ll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing At requiring […]
• Downstairs there was a kitchen common to all lodgers, with free firing and a supply of cooking-pots, tea-basins, and toasting-forks.

The act of adding fuel to a fire.countableuncountable

• The doors are at the right level for firing, which normally is down one side of the firebox at a time, unlike our own practice, which is to fire each side of the firebox with alternate shovelfuls.

The discharge of a gun or other weapon.countableuncountable

• He heard the firing and as he walked he felt it in the pit of his stomach as though it echoed on his own diaphragm.

The dismissal of someone from a job due to poor work performance.countableuncountable

• Even the most seasoned analysts of British politics were struck by the brutality of Ms. May’s hirings and firings.

Cauterization.countableuncountable

present participle and gerund of fireform-ofgerundparticiple