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Back Fire
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(1):
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.
(2):
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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Back Fire'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/back-fire.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Back Fire'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/back-fire.html. 1828.
