firing

Definition

The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.

Etymology

By surface analysis, fire + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing."
• "No more dams I’ll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing At requiring […]"
• "Downstairs there was a kitchen common to all lodgers, with free firing and a supply of cooking-pots, tea-basins, and toasting-forks."