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Firing - Horse Racing (gambling) and keckle (iou)


Firing - Horse Racing (gambling)


This is an old method of treating chronic pathologies found in the legs of thoroughbreds. It consists of inserting red hot pints through the skin (pin firing) over the area involved. Line firing consists of burning in a bar pattern through the outer layers of the skin. Firing creates an acute inflammation which is said to hasten healing.

keckle (iou)



keckle verb trans. E17.
[Origin unkn.]
Nautical. Protect (a hemp cable or hawser) with old rope in order to prevent chafing in the hawse-hole.