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Definition of Firefanged
1. a. Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
Definition of Firefanged
1. firefang [v] - See also: firefang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firefanged
Literary usage of Firefanged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1868)
"Undoubtedly much valuable material is lost long before manure is burned or firefanged.
Many experiments have been made within a few years with respect to ..."
2. British Husbandry: Exhibiting the Farming Practice in Various Parts of the by John French Burke (1834)
"... by the side of some lane without any foundation or further care, until, perhaps
after having become mouldy and firefanged, it is at length turned over, ..."
3. General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty: With by George Steuart Mackenzie (1810)
"The heaps may be thickened, and the fermentation allowed to proceed so far, that
the dung may not be what is called firefanged. By this treatment, the mass ..."
4. British Farmer's Magazine (1854)
"... accordingto the per-centage of water contained ; for in this state it soon
become« musty, and not «infrequently so firefanged as to lie unfit for pigs. ..."
5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1879)
"... it does not decompose, but heats itself dry, and becomes firefanged as it is
called—that is, blue-moulded, and the value of dung is much depreciated. ..."
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