Noun : Put the kettle on the fire. ,enemy fire. ,to pour fire upon the enemy. ,heavenly fires. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They fired the boiler. ,to fire a stone through a window. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to fire at a fleeing enemy. From Dictionary.com.
The Germans fled to the woods, leaving a quick-firer. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
Usually, you use a team: One is an observer, one is the firer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2001] Reference
'A quick firer to enfilade the trench, and snipers for the beach. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
So you have a lot more flexibility if you're the hirer and the firer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2001] Reference
'Once they get that quick-firer posted, it's all up with our lads down below. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
Immediate action is the prompt action taken by the firer to reduce a stoppage. From Wordnik.com. [FM 23-5: Chapter 4. - STOPPAGES & IMMEDIATE ACTION]
These were driven off by a quick firer which had been captured from the Germans. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
Germans succeeded in training their rapid-firer, and it crashed out a moment later. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy] Reference
An empty bottle was set up 200 yards in front of the firer and a full one behind him. From Wordnik.com. [With the British Army in The Holy Land] Reference
‘Estah was guilty of the thought, but the child was the actual firer of the shot.’. From Wordnik.com. [The White Cottage Mystery]
At the same time Horan staggered back off the parapet, and the quick-firer ceased firing. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
There were no more star shells, but from up above began the ugly knocking of a quick-firer. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
Oh yeah (2), the prosecutor here became the firer and his replacement is part of the cleanup. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Forecast: Gonzales will resign.] Reference
They had Hotchkiss guns and Maxim guns, and the deadly, much-abhorred Vickers-Maxim quick-firer. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
And if you're an untrained firer, I mean, the odds of missing the plane are actually pretty good. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2003] Reference
Some are physical size and "eye relief" -- the distance between the eye of the firer and the rear sight. From Wordnik.com. [Bravo-Two-Zero]
The top round will then be on the right, making the clip easier for a right handed firer to load in the rifle. From Wordnik.com. [FM 23-5: Chapter 3. - OPERATION & FUNCTIONING]
These are also of use on the range when mixed in with a clip of ammo, to detect flinching on the part of the firer. From Wordnik.com. [FM 23-5: Chapter 6. - AMMUNITION]
The study assumed that there was nothing between the firer and the target to impede the flight of the rifle projectile. From Wordnik.com. [Let the endless debates begin anew...] Reference
It would look bad if the party that hate people of color firer the only person of color in their pary. moderate in montana. From Wordnik.com. [Giuliani defends Steele, slams Crist] Reference
Categories: antler, bruce taylor, linda aschbrenner, philip dacey, ralph murre, susan firer charles p. ries | ries reviews. From Wordnik.com. [March « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
He had slapped the pistol-firer first on one side of the face, then on the other, with slaps that resounded almost like shots. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The American people are tired of Hillarys continous attempt to confuses the issues, maybe being under sniper firer has really affected her. From Wordnik.com. [Blitzer: Court ruling could have huge impact at the polls] Reference
Notice that the firer is sitting well down on the right leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training] Reference
"What's a shot-firer?" asked Jessie, by way of being sociable. From Wordnik.com. [King Coal : a Novel] Reference
A culverin firer, a Lorrainer living at Angers, had been sent by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
"You couldn't get no coal without a shot-firer," declared Little Jerry. From Wordnik.com. [King Coal : a Novel] Reference
When they got the holes, then the shot-firer comes and sets off the powder. From Wordnik.com. [King Coal : a Novel] Reference
Kendrick will play a "career transition counselor" (i.e. professional firer). From Wordnik.com. [/Film] Reference
To obtain satisfactory results the firer must perform correctly five essential things, namely. From Wordnik.com. [The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training] Reference
The 4 shoots require (from memory) 48 rounds, 90, 70 and 64 respectively, giving a total of 272 per firer, per practice. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
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