"firemaking" meaning in English

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          "text": "To his pleasure his father proved to be well versed in the art of firemaking and of cooking in the open.",
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          "text": "She laboriously drilled holes through each piece of bone with a hand driller bow and pointed wood spike such as that used for firemaking, and a small piece of flint attached to a wooden shaft with a string of animal hide.",
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          "text": "She was right about the smell, so I walked a little distance away from the bustle and hurry of unsaddling and firemaking till I came to a small irrigation channel.",
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        "The act or process of making a fire."
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