over-fire

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)

1. 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.

References

• “over-fire”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.