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(ceramics) The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery. / The fuel for a fire. / The act of adding fuel to a fire. / The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

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firing

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Source Word

firing

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/

Noun

countable uncountable

(ceramics) The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery. / The fuel for a fire. / The act of adding fuel to a fire. / The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

Japanese Meaning

陶磁器を作るために、粘土などに火を当てる工程（焼成） / 火を維持するための燃料 / 火に燃料を追加する行為 / 銃やその他の武器の発射（放射）

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The firing of the clay in the kiln transformed the weak bowl into a durable vessel.

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粘土を窯で焼成することで、もろかった鉢が丈夫な器に変わった。

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(ceramics) The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.

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

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Sense（2）

The fuel for a fire.

No more dams I’ll make for fish;

Nor fetch in firing

At requiring […]

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Sense（3）

The act of adding fuel to a fire.

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.

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The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

[…] they fir’d several Times, making other Signals for the Boat.

At last, when all their Signals and Firings prov’d fruitless, and they found the Boat did not stir, we saw them by the Help of my Glasses, hoist another Boat out, and row towards the Shore […]

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