Back-firing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backfire \Back"fire`\ Back-fire \Back"-fire`\, v. i.
     1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires;
        -- said of an internal-combustion engine.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]