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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahyuh r-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪər ɪŋ



Definition of firings

Origin :
  • c.1200, furen, figurative, "arouse, excite;" literal sense of "set fire to" is from late 14c., from fire (n.). The Old English verb fyrian "to supply with fire" apparently did not survive into Middle English.
  • The sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in American English (earlier "throw (someone) out" of some place, 1871), probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," fire in the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1520s. Of bricks, pottery, etc., from 1660s. Related: Fired; firing. Fired up "angry" is from 1824. Firing squad is attested from 1904.
  • As in arson : noun intentional burning
  • As in pottery : noun containers made from clay; clay art
  • As in volley : noun barrage
  • As in gunfire : noun shot
  • As in shooting : noun firing a weapon
  • As in discharge : noun detonation
  • As in exhilaration : noun great happiness, excitement
  • As in explosion : noun eruption, discharge
  • As in fling : noun casual throw
Example sentences :
  • In close order the company executes the firings, as prescribed in pars.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Loadings, firings, manual of arms, and movements by color guard.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Men in the line of file closers do not execute loadings and firings.
  • Extract from : « The Plattsburg Manual » by O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey
  • There they went through the manœuvres and firings, with as much celerity and precision as any regular troops.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12) » by Various
  • And has (directly on those new "firings through port-holes" at Leipzig) bidden Fredersdorf take measures accordingly.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • File closers do not execute loadings or firings; execution of manual of arms and other movements.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Issuing of ammunition and loading of pieces before deployment; firings in close order.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Men in the line of file closers do not execute the loadings or firings.
  • Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department
  • Usually the firings in close order consist of saluting volleys only.
  • Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department
  • The battalion as a unit executes the loadings and firings only in firing saluting volleys.
  • Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department

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