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Back-fire, Backfire v. i.

(Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires; said of an internal-combustion engine.

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.

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Etymology of 'Back-fire'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Back-fire" Quotes from Famous Books

... fields. There was no natural fighting line; Linder had not so much as a buffalo path to work against. But he was already starting back-fires at intervals of fifty yards, allotting three men to each fire. A back-fire is a fire started for the purpose of stopping another. Usually a road, or a plowed strip, or even a cattle path, is used for a base. On the windward side of this base the back-fire is started and allowed ...

— Dennison Grant - A Novel of To-day • Robert Stead

... This consumes the grass on which the flames feed, and when they reach that spot there is nothing for them to burn. And if one stands on the area burned he will be comparatively safe. Of course care must be taken not to get singed in the back-fire. ...

— Cowboy Dave • Frank V. Webster