over-fire

A form of overfire — Of a boiler, furnace, or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.

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Meanings

verbover-fire (third-person singular simple present over-fires, present participle over-firing, simple past and past participle over-fired)

present singular third person over-fires · participle present over-firing · participle past over-fired · past over-fired

  1. alternativeAlternative form 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

Origin

From over- + fire.

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APA

over-fire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-fire

MLA

“over-fire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-fire. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “over-fire,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-fire.

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