2. Verb. (third-person singular of fire) ¹
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Definition of Fires
1. fire [v] - See also: fire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fires
Literary usage of Fires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1886)
"From the table it is seen that with banked fires the weight of coal per furnace
per hour is, for small boilers, i6 to i8 pounds; medium, 22 to 24 pounds; ..."
2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"PROTECTION OF YOUNG PINES AGAINST fires AND HOGS. use 011 these lands ad libitum.
It is the opposition of these people, who constitute so large a part of ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"The greater part of the combustible material which feeds these fires is grass
... These together cover the ground every season, for the fires of one year do ..."
4. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Grimm inferred the liel'ls on All Saints' Day (the first of custom from a passage
in a romance November) and kindle great fires of ..."
5. Bulletin by Philippines. Bureau of forestry (1906)
"Forest fires, in the usual acceptance of the term, are unknown. ... it is believed,
greatly lessen and eventually check this evil. GRASS-LAND fires. ..."
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