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over-fire en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + fire.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of overfire.
    alt of overfire
    • 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. 1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 425:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
over-fired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
over-fired Tense=Past lexicographic
over-fires Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
over-firing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic