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Definition: FIRE SETTING |
FIRE SETTING1. (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. |
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Mining | An ancient method of tunneling through rock. A fire was built against the face of the mineral, which was then quenched with water, thus causingcracking. (references) |
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Crosswords: FIRE SETTING |
| English words defined with "FIRE SETTING": Fire raft, fire ship ♦ pyromaniac. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FIRE SETTING": Armi da ♦ CHOAKING PYE, COLD PYE ♦ FIREWORKS DISPLAY SPECIALIST, firing a mine ♦ gas ignition ♦ RIGGING SLINGER, Risk management ♦ Safety Management, setter-off, setter-up, Setting the Thames on Fire. (references) |
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"FIRE SETTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: firesetting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-i-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: gentrifies. | |
-2 letters: enteritis, festering, fettering, fringiest, interties, refitting, reignites, resetting, resifting, resitting, retesting, retinites, testifier. | |
-3 letters: entities, feigners, feistier, ferities, ferniest, fieriest, fineries, fittings, fretting, frisette, fritting, gentries, gitterns, grisette, igniters, infester, insetter, integers, interest, intertie, niftiest, niteries, nitrites, reesting, reignite, resiting, retinite, steering, sternite, stingier, tergites, trientes. | |
-4 letters: entires, entries, feigner, fetters, fetting. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-i-i-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+5 letters: featherstitching. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 52 45 53 45 54 54 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01010011 01000101 01010100 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I R E   S E T T I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 0052 0045 0053 0045 0054 0054 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40435239253395454434841 |
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