ppl. a. [f. FIRE v. + -ED1.]
1. Set on fire or alight, kindled.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 929.
| The fyred nuttes smolder shall thorowe fle | |
| This grettest hoole. |
1556. J. Heywood, Spider & F., lvii. 130.
| Behold: how euerie peece, that lith there in groope, | |
| Hath a spider gonner; with redy fired mach. |
1665. Manley, Grotius’ Low C. Warres, 957–8. The Holland ships also attempted to succour their fired Vessels.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills, I. 197.
| Better ways we may use | |
| Oft, to quench a fir’d House, | |
| Than by blowing up all with Gunpowder. |
1884. Pall Mall G., 30 Dec., 2/1. The gases from the fired gunpowder.
† 2. As transl. of L. ignitus: a. Tried in the fire.
1382. Wyclif, Rev. iii. 18. I counseile thee, for to bye of me gold fyrid.
† b. Full of fire, fiery. (lit. and fig.) Obs.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter, cxviii. [cxix.] 140.
| Fired þi speche es swithe wele, | |
| And þi hine luved it ilka dele. |
a. 1340. Hampole, ibid. Ffyrid gretly þi worde … þat is, þi worde þat is fyry thorgh þe halygast.
1388. Wyclif, Num. xxi. 6. The Lord sente firid serpentis in to the puple.
3. Of flux: (see quots. and FIRE v.1 4 b).
1789. Trans. Soc. Eucourag. Arts, I. 204. Except fired or mildewed flax, both of which (from being ill-flaked) being improper for linen cloth.
1814. Mason, Surv. Ireland, I. XIII. ix. 264. The leaves not having fallen off, are, by the wet, laid flat upon the stem, the flax instantly appears fired, (which is a number of black specks appearing upon the stem), at these the fibres break off in their progress through the mill.
4. Her. Of a fire-ball: Represented with fire issuing from the surface. See FIRE-BALL 2 c.
5. Fired off: said of a kiln when the fire has ceased to burn, but before the heat is exhausted.
1884. C. T. Davis, Bricks, etc., 284. If it is desired to admit hot air to the upper part of any kiln, this may be done by opening the dampers … at the top of a fired-off kiln.
