fire-fang

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ fang; see fang (“to seize”).

Verb

fire-fang (third-person singular simple present fire-fangs, present participle fire-fanging, simple past and past participle fire-fanged)

1. (agriculture, transitive) To cause (manure) to lose its goodness and acquire an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.

Alternative forms

• firefang