Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dried up as by fire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
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- adjective Injured as by
fire ;burned ; said ofmanure which has lost its goodness and acquired anashy hue because of theheat generated bydecomposition .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If this manure has not become too dry and "fire-fanged" in the cellar it is splendid for mushrooms.
Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure William Falconer
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On the other hand, see that it has not "fire-fanged" or burned out, as horse manure, if piled by itself and left, is very sure to do.
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There is room in the cellar to turn the manure from time to time to prevent its becoming fire-fanged, so that there is no loss in this respect.
Nature's Serial Story Edward Payson Roe 1863
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During our summer months, unless sufficient moisture is obtained, the manure dries out rapidly, becomes fire-fanged and practically worthless.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
ruzuzu commented on the word fire-fanged
"Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition."
- GNU Webster's 1913
August 11, 2010
reesetee commented on the word fire-fanged
"Manure which has lost its goodness" is not a phrase you hear often.
August 14, 2010
bilby commented on the word fire-fanged
Sounds like pish anyway ... what's a dictionary doing offering gardening advice?
August 14, 2010
Gammerstang commented on the word fire-fanged
(adjective) - (1) Fire-bitten. Spoken of oatmeal &c. that is overdried.
--Francis Grose's Glossary of Provincial and Local Words, 1811
(2) Burnt, overheated, dried; fire-fangitness, the state of being overheated, burnt.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
(3) Cheese is said to be firefangit when it is swelled and cracked, and has received a peculiar taste in consequence of being exposed to much heat before it has been dried.
--John Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 1808
January 17, 2018