Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of refire
nounrefiring (plural refirings)
plural refirings
- An act of firing again.
It is known that once a clay is fired at a certain temperature and then cooled down, it freezes at a stage which can not be altered by subsequent refirings unless the initial temperature is exceeded.
1982, Archaeological Ceramics, page 103
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with refiring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiring
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