Usually means: Excessive combustion above optimal level.
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  1. overfire: Merriam-Webster
  2. overfire: Wordnik
  3. overfire: Wiktionary

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adjective:  Of a boiler, furnace, or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.
verb:  (transitive) To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.
verb:  (transitive, ceramics) To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.
verb:  (transitive, physiology) Of a cell or group of cells: to fire excessively.

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