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fire-curing

fire-curing is the present participle and gerund of fire-cure.

Meaning of fire-cure

Verb

fire-cure (third-person singular simple present fire-cures, present participle fire-curing, simple past and past participle fire-cured)

  1. (transitive) To cure (tobacco) by exposing it directly to smoke from open woodfires.

Questions about fire-curing

What is fire-curing the present participle and gerund of?
Fire-curing is the present participle and gerund of fire-cure.

Words near fire-curing in the dictionary

  1. fire-crotch
  2. fire-crotches
  3. fire-cure
  4. fire-cured
  5. fire-cures
  6. fire-curing
  7. fire-devil
  8. fire-devils
  9. fire-eater
  10. fire-eaters
  11. fire-escape knot

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