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In dentistry, the fusing of water and a powder containing kaolin, feldspar, and other substances to produce porcelain used in restorations and artificial teeth.

fire 'fī(ə)r n, often attrib fever or inflammation esp. from a disease

fire vb, fired; fir·ing vt

1) to cause to transmit a nerve impulse

2) to sear (the leg of a horse) with a hot iron in order to convert a crippling chronic inflammation into an acute inflammation that will stimulate the natural healing responses of the body vi to transmit a nerve impulse <the rate at which a neuron \fires>