fired, ppl. a.
(faɪəd)
[f. fire v. + -ed1.]
1. Set on fire or alight, kindled.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 929 The fyred nuttes smolder. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & F. lvii. 130 Euerie peece..Hath a spider gonner; with redy fired mach. 1665 Manley Grotius' Low-C. Warres 957 The Holland ships also attempted to succour their fired Vessels. 1719 D'Urfey Pills I. 197 To quench a fir'd House. 1884 Pall Mall G. 30 Dec. 2/1 The gases from the fired gunpowder. |
† 2. As transl. of L. ignitus: a. Tried in the fire.
| 1382 Wyclif Rev. iii. 18, I counseile thee, for to bye of me gold fyrid. |
† b. Full of fire, fiery. (lit. and fig.) Obs.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxviii. [cxix.] 140 Fired þi speche es swithe wele. a 1340 Hampole ibid., Ffyrid gretly þi worde..þat is, þi worde þat is fyry thorgh þe halygast. 1388 Wyclif Num. xxi. 6 The Lord sente firid serpentis in to the puple. |
3. Of flax: (see quots. and fire v.1 4 b).
| 1789 Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts I. 204 Except fired or mildewed flax, both of which..being improper for linen cloth. 1814 Mason Surv. Ireland I. xiii. ix. 264 The leaves..are, by the wet, laid flat upon the stem, the flax instantly appears fired (which is a number of black specks appearing upon the stem). |
4. Her. Of a fire-ball: Represented with fire issuing from the surface. See fire-ball 2 c.
5. fired off: said of a kiln when the fire has ceased to burn, but before the heat is exhausted.
| 1884 C. T. Davis Bricks, etc. 284 If it is desired to admit hot air to the upper part of any kiln, this may be done by opening the dampers..at the top of a fired-off kiln. |
6. Of the case of a cartridge: used, having had the cartridge discharged.
| 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 65 Such processes as cocking the locks and taking out the fired cases. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 402/2 The extractor holds a cartridge and a fired case ready to be pushed into the empty breech and ejector-tube respectively... The lock is withdrawn taking with it the fresh cartridge from the belt and the now fired case. |