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Back-fire
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What's The Definition Of Back-fire?Synonyms | Synonyms for Back-fire: Related Terms | Find terms related to Back-fire: See Also | Back-fire In Webster's Dictionary \Back fire\
(a) A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn
only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet
both must go out for lack of fuel.
(b) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil
engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke,
tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to
that in which it should travel; also, an explosion in the
exhaust passages of such ah engine.
\Back"-fire`\, v. i. 1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine. 2. Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the internal gas jet instead of from the external jet of mixed gas and air. -- {Back"-fir`ing}, n. |
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