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Definition of Firing off

1. Noun. The act of discharging a gun.

Definition of Firing off

1. Verb. (present participle of fire off) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Firing Off

Literary usage of Firing off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands: In the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Joseph Martin (1818)
"... himself on deck by firing off his musket*, he bade him try to bring that man down from aloft: -without the least hesitation he levelled his piece, ..."

2. Notes of the Mexican War 1846-47-48: Comprising Incidents, Adventures and by J. Jacob Oswandel (1885)
"After having discharged some of our living freight, and the same sort taken on, we left Madison in the midst of firing off firearms, cheering, and clapping ..."

3. A Narrative of the Wreck of the Minerva: Whaler of Port Jackson, New South by Peter Bays (1831)
"Be this as it may, their call for ammunition is very great, of which they must possess a vast quantity, as they are with little intermission firing off, ..."

4. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1895)
"ILOTT If, indeed, a party who had no notice, had gone into the grounds, WIL'EES. although he would be a trespasser, the act of firing off the gun, ..."

5. Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York by New York (City), New York (N.Y.) (1859)
"sum-of fifty dollars for each discharge or firing off of any piece, of artillery ? to; be paid into, the city treasury for the use of the city. § 6. ..."

6. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1901)
"If, indeed, a party who had no notice, had gone into the grounds, although he would be a trespasser, the act of firing off the gun, by treading accidentally ..."

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