Back fire at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:

Back fire \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 at English (WD) Of Explained:

Inter: also » backfire

English

Alternative forms

* backfire

Etymology

From Inter: term » back + Inter: term » fire.

Noun

Inter: en-nou » n

a small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.

Translations

Inter: trans-top » controlled fire

• French: Inter: t+ » fr|contre-feu|m
• Serbo-Croatian: Inter: t- » sh|protuvatra|f

Inter: trans-mi » d

Spanish: Inter: t- » es|contrafuego|m

Inter: trans-botto » m

Anagrams

* fireback
Translation: ar » back fire
Translation: my » back fire
Translation: ta » back fire

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