Usually means: Methane gas found in mines.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. firedamp: Merriam-Webster
  2. firedamp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firedamp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firedamp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firedamp: Vocabulary.com
  6. firedamp: Wordnik
  7. firedamp: Wiktionary
  8. firedamp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. firedamp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. firedamp: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. firedamp: Dictionary.com
  12. Firedamp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. firedamp: Rhymezone
  14. firedamp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. firedamp: FreeDictionary.org
  16. firedamp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. firedamp: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. firedamp: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. firedamp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. firedamp: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. firedamp: Medical dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  2. FIREDAMP: Mining Terms used in mid 1800's

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firedamp)

noun:  (mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.

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