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2. Verb. (present participle of firm) ¹

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Definition of Firming

1. firm [v] - See also: firm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firming

Literary usage of Firming

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

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"Ballon. the present appellant, in the penalty of $4500, which appeal was heard in this court, at January term 1832. *(8 Pet. 761.) A judgment con- firming ..."

2. Irrigation and Drainage: Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases by Franklin Hiram King (1918)
"firming the surface reestablishes the capillary connection with the soil below, and the moisture is brought to the surface quickly from depths as great as ..."

3. A Compendium of the Law of Real and Personal Property Primarily Connected by Josiah William Smith, James Trustram (1884)
"... signed by the person con- "" firming and accepting respectively, or by some other persons by them respectively thereunto lawfully authorised ; and, ..."

4. A Text Book of the Physics of Agriculture by Franklin Hiram King (1907)
"firming the Soil May Strengthen the Capillary Rise of Soil Moisture.—When soils have been rendered open and loose by plowing or other deep stirring the ..."

5. Vegetable Gardening by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1915)
"Using the Feet for firming the Soil Around the Seeds.— Many seeds are lost from the failure to properly firm the soil over those sown during dry weather. ..."

6. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"Erect Planting and the Necessity for firming the Soil about the Roots Oblique planting is not practiced in the United States. In this method a slanting ..."

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