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English
Etymology
From over- + fire.
Verb
over-fire (third-person singular simple present over-fires, present participle over-firing, simple past and past participle over-fired)
- Alternative form of overfire
1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 425:It is probable that greater saving than this occurred in day-to-day service where men who were familiar with the Crosti engines did not over-fire them; so far as I know, however, a self-weighing tender has never been attached to one of these 2-10-0s.
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