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fire-ranging
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the office or occupation of a fire-ranger.
Quotations
1899
Mr. White devised and applied the system of fire ranging which is now used for the preservation of Ontario's forests.
1911
Like so many other appointments . . . fire-ranging is a Government job, and if the Government changes Bury is likely to lose his post.
1923
The ruling spirit of the place--or perhaps dividing the honor with the fire-ranging justice of the peace and his wife--is Mrs. Sutherland at the Hudson's Bay Post.