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2020 novel by Mike Maden
Firing Point (stylized as Tom Clancy Firing Point, Tom Clancy: Firing Point, or Tom Clancy's Firing Point in the United Kingdom) is a techno-thriller
Firing_Point
Ukrainian defence technology company
Fire Point is a Ukrainian defence technology company headquartered in Kyiv. Founded in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it specializes
Fire_Point_(Ukrainian_firm)
Lowest temperature at which a fuel will burn continuously
The fire point, or combustion point, of a fuel is the lowest temperature at which the liquid fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after
Fire_point
Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drone
attack drone developed and produced by the defence technology company Fire Point. Introduced in late 2024 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Fire_Point_FP-1
Specialized facility designed for firearms practice
range firing points are not usually covered and may have other configurations, e.g., sloping, a gravel base or hole in the ground. A "fixed firing point" or
Shooting_range
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up firing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Firing may refer to: Dismissal (employment), sudden loss of employment by termination Firemaking, the
Firing
Painting by Henry Tanworth Wells
Volunteers at a Firing Point is an 1866 oil painting by the British artist Henry Tanworth Wells. It depicts members of the Volunteers assembled on Wimbledon
Volunteers_at_a_Firing_Point
Lowest temperature at which a volatile material's vapors ignite if given a source
from the fire point, which is the lowest temperature at which the vapors keep burning after the ignition source is removed. The fire point is higher
Flash_point
2024 wildfire in Northern California, USA
The Point Fire was a wildfire that burned near Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California in the United States. The fire burned 1,207 acres of wildland and
Point_Fire
2018 film by Donovan Marsh
film starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. Based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace, the film follows a submarine crew and
Hunter_Killer_(film)
Execution by multiple shooters on command
fire a bullet at all. In practice however, firing a live round produces significant recoil, while firing a blank round does not. In more modern times
Execution_by_firing_squad
Ukrainian cruise missile
a Ukrainian ground-launched cruise missile developed by defence firm Fire Point. Revealed on 18 August 2025, the missile is fitted with a 1,150 kg (2
FP-5_Flamingo
Part of the firing mechanism in a firearm
A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire. In firearms
Firing_pin
2025 American sports comedy television series
Running Point is an American sports comedy television series created by Elaine Ko, Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen, and starring Kate
Running_Point
by Mike Maden) Firing Point (2020, by Mike Maden) Target Acquired (2021, by Don Bentley) Zero Hour (2022, by Don Bentley) Flash Point (2023, by Don Bentley)
Tom_Clancy_bibliography
A firing point is a prepared fighting position from which infantry can defend territory with minimal exposure to return fire. Construction ranges from
Firing_points
Variable in aiming a weapon
for indirect fire artillery. They are also used by mortars and machine guns firing indirectly. An essential requirement of an aiming point is that it be
Aiming_point
Season of television series
The fourteenth season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas and Matt Olmstead
Chicago_Fire_season_14
Peninsula in the Bronx, New York
into Long Island Sound. The southern third of the peninsula is used as a firing range by the New York City Police Department; the remaining wooded section
Rodman's_Neck
2012 wildfire in Oregon and California
Barry Point Fire was a wildfire that burned over 92,977 acres (376.26 km2) of Oregon and California forest land during the summer of 2012. The fire began
Barry_Point_Fire
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up firing line in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Firing Line may refer to: Firing Line (TV program), American television series Firing Line (horse)
Firing_Line
Ranged weapon assistance system
A fire-control system (FCS) is an integrated system of components that assists a gunner in executing tasks needed to achieve accurate firing by means of
Fire-control_system
2025 wildfire in Southern California, US
debris near the point of ignition, but noted that witness photographs show that the nearest power line was still intact after the fire began, and that
Palisades_Fire
Ukrainian business executive and architect
group-turned-defense contractor Fire Point after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Since then, she became the CTO of Fire Point and currently serves as CEO
Iryna_Terekh
United States historic place
Quincy Point Fire Station is a historic fire station at 615 Washington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1941, it is the third firehouse to occupy
Quincy_Point_Fire_Station
United States historic place
The Arctic Point Fire Lookout is a 72-foot (22 m) tall fire tower located near Big Creek, Idaho. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic
Arctic_Point_Fire_Lookout
Artillery class capable of a high rate of fire for its given caliber
A quick-firing or rapid-firing gun is an artillery piece, typically a gun or howitzer, that has several characteristics which taken together mean the weapon
Quick-firing_gun
2020 wildfire in Colorado
East Fork of Troublesome Creek, close to the fire's point of origin in the Arapaho National Forest, the fire burned 193,812 acres (78,433 ha) between its
East_Troublesome_Fire
Button or lever to activate fire alarms
Manual fire alarm activation is the process of triggering a fire alarm through a call point, pull station, or other device. This usually causes the alarm
Manual_fire_alarm_activation
Rapid and hot oxidation of a material
the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion reaction when the fuel reaches its ignition point temperature. Flames from hydrocarbon
Fire
British creek
War Office built a firing point for testing large weapons. The ‘Grain Island Firing Point’ or 'The Yantlet Battery'. The firing point was an ‘out’ battery
Yantlet
Firefighter-themed cooperative strategy board game
Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a thematic cooperative board game designed by Kevin Lanzing with the help of firefighters that was released in November 2011
Flash_Point:_Fire_Rescue
US Navy Virginia-class submarine
featured in the 2018 film Hunter Killer, which was based on the novel Firing Point by George Wallace and Don Keith. "Naval Vessel Register". "HII Authenticates
USS_Arkansas_(SSN-800)
American armored self-propelled artillery
different firing point. These shoot-and-scoot tactics were planned to avoid susceptibility to Soviet counter-battery fire. One M270 firing 12 M26 rockets
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System
Indian police shooting of protestors
The 1993 Kolkata Firing was an incident of firing by Calcutta Police in 1993 on Indian National Congress workers. The State Youth Congress led by Mamata
1993_Kolkata_firing
Topics referred to by the same term
Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment. Firing squad may also refer to: Firing Squad (album), a 1996 album by M.O.P. Firing Squad (film)
Firing_squad_(disambiguation)
Military position
To take point, walk point, be on point, or be a point man is to assume the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation, that is, the
Take_point
Act of mercy killing
With firing squad executions, in the past, after the squad fired, the squad's officer may have shot the prisoner with a pistol or rifle at point blank
Coup_de_grâce
Shooting method where the weapon's sights are not used or relied on
and different firing positions, the point shooting techniques generally attract the most attention. Much of Applegate's instruction on point shooting involves
Point_shooting
Curved path of an object around a point
elliptical paths with closest point opposite firing point Circular path Range of elliptical paths with closest point at firing point Open (or escape) trajectories
Orbit
American novelist
(1993) Phoenix Sub Zero (1994) Barracuda Final Bearing (1996) Piranha Firing Point (1999) Threat Vector (2000) Terminal Run (2002) Emergency Deep (2017)
Michael_DiMercurio
Burning point of oils and fats
sugars, or other organic material. It is distinct from the flash point and fire point, which denote the temperatures at which the oil itself (specifically
Smoke_point
1930s Soviet reconnaissance aircraft
effectiveness of offensive and defensive small arms and cannon weapons. A firing point with two ShKAS machine guns was located in the anterior ascending domed
Tupolev_ANT-30
Field of classical mechanics concerned with the motion of spacecraft
satellite will descend and reach the lowest orbital point (the periapse) at 180 degrees away from the firing point; then it will ascend back. The period of the
Orbital_mechanics
United States historic place
The Dodger Point Fire Lookout was built in 1933 in Olympic National Park as a fire observation station. The single-story frame structure is located on
Dodger_Point_Fire_Lookout
Early gunpowder weapon
later added to the gunpowder. Upon firing, the gunpowder charge ejected the projectiles along with the flame. Metallic fire lance barrels appeared around the
Fire_lance
Turbofan engine family by Ivchenko
Ukrainian company developed the stronger AI-25TLT variant Ukrainian company Fire Point had obtained a large number of Ivchenko AI-25, purchased from various
Ivchenko_AI-25
American public affairs television show
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.'s channel on YouTube - Hoover Institution Library and Archives Firing Line at IMDb Firing Line Ceases Fire, a
Firing_Line_(TV_program)
Lowest temperature at which a substance spontaneously combusts
branched-chain hydrocarbons than for straight-chain hydrocarbons. Fire point Flash point Gas burner (for flame temperatures, combustion heat energy values
Autoignition_temperature
Shooting sport
15 m in front of the shooter, and are generally going away from the firing point at varying speeds, angles and elevations. The most common disciplines
Clay_pigeon_shooting
ISSF shooting event
is pulled across a two-meter aisle at a range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled either slow or fast, and it is visible for 5 or
10_meter_running_target_mixed
Robot that is being developed by Qinetiq
to help engage and destroy the enemy. Tests included moving to a firing point, firing an M240 medium machine gun at targets up to 800 meters away, and
Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System
Modular_Advanced_Armed_Robotic_System
Bullets designed to reduce ricochet risk
causes bullet velocity to decrease with increasing distance from the firing point; so frangible bullets typically rely upon other mechanisms for disintegration
Frangible_bullet
ISSF shooting event
firing point. The target is pulled at either of two speeds, slow or fast, where it is visible for 5 or 2.5 seconds, respectively. The course of fire is
10_meter_running_target
the rim of the canyon. Bright Angel Point Trail Cape Final Trail Cape Royal Trail Cliff Spring Trail Fire Point Trail Francois Matthes Trail (named after
List of trails in Grand Canyon National Park
List_of_trails_in_Grand_Canyon_National_Park
Three-phase firing (or three-step firing) or iron reduction technique is a firing technique used in ancient Greek pottery production, specifically for
Three-phase_firing
New World prehistoric projectile
projectile point Beaver Lake point Cascade point Cumberland point Eden point Golondrina point Goshen point Plainview point Plano point Simpson point Suwannee
Clovis_point
Anti-personnel and anti-tank mine
tamped down with dry soil before being connected to a firing point about 100 yards (91 m) away. Firing required the current delivered by a 120 V battery.
Flame_fougasse
with run-downs that begins at the 500-metre firing point and proceeds down-range to the 100 meter firing point. There are a number of required shooting position
Canadian Forces Small Arms Concentration
Canadian_Forces_Small_Arms_Concentration
List of armed vehicles used by the Provisional IRA
a launch area near the intended target and fire them, while light and heavy trucks were employed as firing platforms mounting machine guns, particularly
Improvised tactical vehicles of the Provisional IRA
Improvised_tactical_vehicles_of_the_Provisional_IRA
Ability to easily ignite in air at ambient temperatures
a quantity high enough to support a flash of fire when ignited by an external source. A lower flash point indicates higher flammability. Materials with
Combustibility and flammability
Combustibility_and_flammability
Punctuation mark (!)
The exclamation mark, !, (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection, an exclamation
Exclamation_mark
Season of television series
The sixth-seventh season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas and Matt Olmstead
Chicago_Fire_season_6
Part of a firearm
and initiate firing by igniting the gunpowder used as a propellant. The flint was fixed to a swinging arm called the cock. Prior to firing, the cock was
Hammer_(firearms)
American writer
Clancy Tom Clancy: Point of Contact (2017) Tom Clancy: Line of Sight (2018) Tom Clancy: Enemy Contact (2019) Tom Clancy: Firing Point (2020) Featuring characters
Mike_Maden
Military term for calibrated artillery fire
Department of Defense, it is "that volume of fires delivered on a target to achieve the desired effect.” Artillery firing is often calibrated with spotting rounds
Fire_for_effect
Ward – Indian Hunter (bronze) Henry Tanworth Wells – Volunteers at a Firing Point January 17 – Joseph Bernard, French sculptor (died 1931) January 23 –
1866_in_art
Tactical role-playing video game franchise published by Nintendo
Fire Emblem is a Japanese fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. First produced
Fire_Emblem
Coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S.
Brayton Point Power Station was a coal-fired power plant located in Somerset, Massachusetts. It was the largest coal-fired generating station in New England
Brayton_Point_Power_Station
American conservative nonprofit organization
Turning Point USA, Inc. (TPUSA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college, and university
Turning_Point_USA
1945 battle of World War II, during the Great Patriotic War
and its platforms, where almost every railcar was transformed into a firing point, and Soviet troops had to use armor and gun support to advance, taking
Battle_of_Königsberg
American western film by Edwin S. Porter
life size picture of Barnes, leader of the outlaw band, taking aim and firing point blank at each individual in the audience. (This effect is gained by foreshortening
The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)
The_Great_Train_Robbery_(1903_film)
2019 video game
soldier has two basic actions to take in a turn such as moving and firing a weapon. Weapon fire that misses its target will hit something else and potentially
Phoenix_Point
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
2015 and "Iroquois Point Island Club" prior to 2008), a firing range, a Navy Exchange shoppette and gas station, and Iroquois Point Elementary School.
Iroquois_Point,_Hawaii
Monument in London
destroyed by the Great Fire. It is Grade I-listed and is a scheduled monument. Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, marks the point near Smithfield
Monument to the Great Fire of London
Monument_to_the_Great_Fire_of_London
Second highest point on Dartmoor
British Army firing range and safe access is only possible on days or nights when firing is not taking place, as per the current Dartmoor Firing Notice. Yes
Yes_Tor
by security forces and was found to have a command wire leading to a "firing point" across the border. Basil McIvor (17 June 1928 – 5 November 2004), Ulster
Tullyhommon
Military unit
Battery A/2, was established in firing positions north of Shaikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain while Battery B/2 established a firing unit north of King Abdul Aziz
2nd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
2nd_Light_Antiaircraft_Missile_Battalion
Music venue in Paris
their work. Before the building was used as the fire station of Chateau-Landon. Since opening, Point Ephémère hosts artists in residence spaces for (4
Point_Éphémère
European developer and manufacturer of missiles
April 2026, MBDA announced that it was assisting the Ukrainian company Fire Point in developing missiles. MBDA in France Le Plessis-Robinson ( MBDA Group
MBDA
United States historic place
Creek Point Fire Lookout, in Idaho County, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. It is located at Butts Creek Point, about
Butts Creek Point Fire Lookout
Butts_Creek_Point_Fire_Lookout
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up fired in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fired may refer to: A result of firing (disambiguation) "Fired", a song by Ben Folds from his 2001 debut
Fired
Directions of north, south, east and west
disk clockwise from the North point, one encounters in order the West point, the South point, and then the East point. This is opposite to the order
Cardinal_direction
Israeli security company
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli cybersecurity company. With operations in over 60 countries, the company protects over 100,000 organizations
Check_Point
Book in the Alex Rider series
Point Blanc is the second book in the Alex Rider series, written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The book was released in the United Kingdom on 3
Point_Blanc
Spanish anti-tank rocket launcher system
single-use (firing control unit is reusable) anti-tank rocket launcher system used by infantry, manufactured by Instalaza. The firing control unit predicts
Alcotán-100
Oil analysis Viscosity index Saponification value Cloud point Pour point Flash point Fire point Softening point Glass transition temperature (Tg) v t e
Aniline_point
Connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply
A fire hydrant, fireplug, firecock (archaic), hydrant riser or Johnny Pump[better source needed] is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into
Fire_hydrant
Acoustic localization sensor system
transmitted via radio link to a central point where the results are combined to establish the location of the firing point through triangulation. Impact points
UTAMS Motor, Rocket, Explosive Detector
UTAMS_Motor,_Rocket,_Explosive_Detector
Weapons firing without line of sight on target
of fire. The physical laws of ballistics means that guns firing larger and heavier projectile can send them farther than smaller-calibre guns firing lighter
Indirect_fire
Cape in Hong Kong
Point (Chinese: 黑頭山; lit. 'black head hill'), also known as Tai Pau Mai (大包米; 'large bag of rice') indigenously, or by the names Tsim Sha Tsui Point and
Blackhead_Point
Hamlet in New York, United States
Point O' Woods is a hamlet that consists of a private vacation retreat on Fire Island, New York, United States. Although it has services such as a ferry
Point_O'_Woods,_New_York
Star polygon with 7 sides
A heptagram, septagram, septegram or septogram is a seven-point star drawn with seven straight strokes. The name heptagram combines a numeral prefix,
Heptagram
Slavic blacksmith deity
Svarog is a Slavic god who may be associated with fire and blacksmithing and who was once interpreted as a sky god on the basis of an etymology rejected
Svarog
1999 British television documentary series
Boiling Point is a 1999 British television documentary series on British chef Gordon Ramsay produced by Tim Graham and David Nath for London Weekend Television
Boiling_Point_(miniseries)
Rapid ignition of combustible material in an enclosed area
their autoignition temperature and emit flammable gases (see also flash point). A small flame can reach flashover in 3-5 minutes. Flashover normally occurs
Flashover
Coal-fired power plant in Arkansas
Plum Point Energy Station is a coal-fired power plant in Arkansas. "Toxic air exemptions put low-income Arkansas communities at risk". KUAF 91.3. Retrieved
Plum_Point_Energy_Station
Submarine engagement in World War II
the firing point beam on. At 07:20 King fired a spread of six Torpex warhead torpedoes at 1,500 yd (1,400 m), and then tried to swing the boat to fire her
Action_of_17_July_1944
1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
started firing point-blank at the building. Hamilton led his remaining men in a charge that captured one gun, but they were driven back by Afghan fire that
Siege of the British Residency in Kabul
Siege_of_the_British_Residency_in_Kabul
Cooling & Power Handbook: Technologies & Applications. New York: Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 9788770229135. Fluidised bed firing Pulverized fuel firing
Grate_firing
FIRING POINT
FIRING POINT
Boy/Male
Indian
Loving, Caring, Daring
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Dear 1.German : probably a variant of Döring (see Doering).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Dear 1.German (Döring) : see Doering.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Oxfordshire and West Sussex named Goring, from Old English GÄringas ‘people of GÄra’, a short form of the various compound names with the first element gÄr ‘spear’.German (Göring) : see Goering.
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German hærinc ‘herring’, German Hering, a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a herring or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller. In some cases the Jewish surname is ornamental.English : variant spelling of Herring.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Firminus, FIRMINO means "firm, steadfast."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Early examples, as for example William Spring (Yorkshire 1280), all point to a personal name or nickname, perhaps going back to an Old English byname derived from the verb springan ‘to jump or leap’ (see Springer 1). Alternatively, it could be a topographic name from Middle English spring ‘young wood’, ‘spring’. Compare Springer. Reaney derives the surname from the word denoting the season, although the word is not attested in this sense until the 16th century, the usual Middle English word being lenten. Compare Lenz. The surname has also been established in Ireland (County Kerry) for several centuries.German : from Middle High German sprinc, Middle Low German sprink ‘spring’, ‘well’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well, or habitational name from Springe near Hannover.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Springer.John Spring emigrated from England and settled in Watertown, MA, in 1634.
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : patronymic from Firkin, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of casks and barrels, or a nickname for a stout man or a heavy drinker, from Middle English fer(de)kyn ‘small cask’ (probably from a Middle Dutch diminutive of vierde ‘fourth (part)’; as a measure of capacity a firkin was reckoned as a quarter of a barrel).
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval personal name Firmin (Latin Firminus, a derivative of firmus ‘firm’, ‘resolute’). This name was borne by several early saints, including two bishops of Amiens of the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : much reduced and altered form of the medieval French nickname coeur de lion ‘lion heart’. Compare Codling.Probably a variant of German Gierling, itself a variant of Gerling.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Loving Caring, Daring
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ethnic name from Old French Lohereng ‘man from Lorraine’ (see Lorraine).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in West Sussex, so named from the Old English personal name Fēra + -ingas ‘people of’, ‘family of’, or ‘followers of’.
Male
French
French name derived from Latin Firminus, FIRMIN means "firm, steadfast."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sahadev's Name During Hiding Period
Male
Italian
Pet form of Italian Ciro, CIRINO means "like the sun."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps be a nickname from Middle English daring ‘trembling’, ‘crouching or transfixed with fear’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from a place called Fyning in Rogate in Sussex.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Loving, Caring, Daring
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Feering, a village in Essex, named from the Old English personal name Fēra + -ingas ‘people of’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) Fēra’s people’.Americanized spelling of German Viering, a topographic name for someone from a swampy area, from a derivative of Germanic vir ‘bog’, ‘swamp’, or a variant of Fehring 2.
FIRING POINT
FIRING POINT
Boy/Male
Latin
Heavenly.
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of the Sky
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German
From the Hare's Land; Meadow of the Hares; Surname
Girl/Female
Hindu
Wisdom, Intellect
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of spelling Noakes.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Nightingale
Boy/Male
Teutonic English
warrior.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Christian, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
The Power of Becoming Minute; Soul; Anger; Courage; Essence; Feeling; Mind; Passion; Spirit; Small
Boy/Male
British, Indian, Tamil
Unique Person
Male
Native American
 Native American Hopi name LEN means "flute." Compare with another form of Len.
FIRING POINT
FIRING POINT
FIRING POINT
FIRING POINT
FIRING POINT
n.
The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.
n.
The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.
n.
A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.
n.
A tiring-room.
prep.
In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.
n.
The chips or fragments made by boring.
n.
A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.
a.
Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.
a.
That dives or is used or diving.
n.
A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.
n.
The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
n.
The application of fire, or of a cautery.
n.
A hole made by boring.
n.
The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
a.
Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
n.
An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.
n.
The act of disharging firearms.
n.
Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
n.
A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.
n.
Fuel; firewood or coal.