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firer|ˈfaɪərə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who or something which fires, in senses of the vb.
1. One who sets anything on fire; also, one who superintends the ‘firing’ of glass.
1882Pall Mall G. 29 June 2/1 On the hills the ‘firers’ are at work, burning off the scrub. 1890Ibid. 9 Feb. 6/1 One is the chemist, another the decorator, a third the ‘firer’.
fig.1823Roscoe Sismondi's Lit. Eur. (1846) I. xiv. 401 Silvia, the forest's honor, the soul's firer.
b. An incendiary. Obs. exc. const. of.
1602Carew Cornwall ii. 156/2 Others..burned..Mouse⁓hole, the rest marched as a gard for defence of these firers. 1716Glossogr. Angl. Nova, Boutefeu, a wilful Firer of Houses. 1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 136 A bully, and a firer of ricks.
2. One who discharges a fire-arm. Also applied to the fire-arm itself, usu. in comb., as single-firer, a gun that can be fired only once without reloading.
1868Daily News 6 Oct., One can never be sure that the firer has exercised sufficient caution in regard to the exclusion of bullets. 1885Manch. Exam. 19 Oct. 5/5 The rifles can then be discharged..at the option of the firer. 1887Sci. Amer. (N.Y.) 21 May 320/2 Theoretically it [magazine gun] has a great advantage over the single firer.
b. A contrivance for firing a gun. Only in comb., as quick-firer.
1887Daily News 10 Mar. 2/5 The rifle and its quick-firer should be ordinarily used in this way. |