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• Firing (disambiguation) — Firing and fired are forms of the verb to fire and may refer to:Operation*Shooting a projectile weapon *Operating devices, for example firing the shutter on a camera. *Involuntary termination of employment *The act of starting a fire *Pottery… …   Wikipedia

• Firing — Fir ing, n. 1. The act of discharging firearms. [1913 Webster] 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 4. The process of partly …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Firing iron — Firing Fir ing, n. 1. The act of discharging firearms. [1913 Webster] 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 4. The process of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kiln spurs — are supports, often in the shape of a tripod, used to maintain the shape and separate pieces of ceramic during the firing process …   Wikipedia

• kiln — ► NOUN ▪ a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, especially one for firing pottery. ORIGIN Latin culina kitchen, cooking stove …   English terms dictionary

• Kiln — Kilns are thermally insulated chambers, or ovens, in which controlled temperature regimes are produced. They are used to harden, burn or dry materials. Specific uses include: *To dry green lumber so that the lumber can be used immediately *Drying …   Wikipedia

• kiln — /kil, kiln/, n. 1. a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, esp. one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks. v.t. 2. to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln. [bef. 900; ME kiln(e), OE cylen < L culina kitchen] * *… …   Universalium

• Kiln-Sitter —    A trademark of W.P. Dawson Inc. for a mechanical control designed to cut off electricity to a kiln when a desired temperature has been reached. At that temperature the pyrometric cones placed in the Kiln Sitter bends, or, in digital versions,… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• kiln — 1. noun /kɪɫn/ An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics or curing or preserving tobacco. 2. verb /kɪɫn/ To …   Wiktionary

• kiln — [[t]kɪl, kɪln[/t]] n. 1) cer a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, esp. one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks 2) cer to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln • Etymology: bef. 900; ME kiln(e), OE cylen <… …   From formal English to slang

• kiln — noun Etymology: Middle English kilne, from Old English cyln, from Latin culina kitchen, from coquere to cook more at cook Date: before 12th century an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary