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A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.

The hammer in the lock of a firearm. At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nar…

The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight.

liar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. [Colloq.] A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. Emerson.

n of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance…

ake or become liquid; to melt. [Obs.] The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. [Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. South.

A space over, or in front of , a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. (b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.

risonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. J. Harris The utmost…

Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic] A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton.

ned, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.

A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [R.] Bacon.

ging together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alo…

sistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive. Milton. Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman. Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause…

boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.

A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. Knight.