fire-fang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause (manure) to lose its goodness and acquire an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.

Word forms

fire-fang fire-fangs fire-fanging fire-fanged firefang

Etymology

From fire + fang; see fang (“to seize”).

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