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Definition of Firers
1. firer [n] - See also: firer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firers
Literary usage of Firers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"These are of the same type as the Canopus, launched in 1897, of 12950 tons, whose
secondary armament consists of 12 6-inch and 10 3-inch quick-firers and ..."
2. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"Shot-firers. Because of the great loss of life if an explosion should occur while
all the miners are in the mine, nearly all the soft-coal mines have two or ..."
3. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"As the work is easy, requiring only 2 to 4 hours, and the pay is good, there is
seldom difficulty in getting shot-firers. Unfortunately, a few of the miners ..."
4. Laws by Illinois (1905)
"AN ACT providing that operators of mines shall furnish shot firers in mines where
shooting and blasting is done. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of ..."
5. Criminal Law and Statutory Penalties of Illinois: A Compilation of the by Illinois (1920)
"Shot firers in Mines. (Hurd Ch. 93 § 44.) 1. That an act entitled "An act providing
that operators of mines shall furnish shot firers in mines where ..."
6. Bulletin by Illinois Bureau of labor statistics, Illinois (1913)
"... "An Act providing that operators of mines shall furnish shot firers in mines
where shooting and blasting is done," approved May 18, 1905, in force July ..."
7. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1895)
"Upon the main deck are eight 6-in, quick-firers in armored casemates, ... In the
upper deck battery will be also twelve 12-pounder quick-firers upon ..."
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