over-fire

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

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"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."

From over- + fire.

over-fires (present, singular) over-firing (participle, present) over-fired (participle, past) over-fired (past)

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