Overhires vs Overfires - What's the difference?
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(overhire)
To hire too many employees.
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Of a boiler, furnace or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.
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To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, etc.
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(ceramics) To at a high (or excessively high) temperature.
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(physiology) Of a cell or group of cells: to excessively.
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As verbs the difference between overhires and overfires
is that overhires is third-person singular of overhire while overfires is third-person singular of overfire.overhires
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(head)overhire
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overfires
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(head)overfire
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(overfir)- BUBBLES IN GLAZE may be caused by too heavy an application, or by severe underfiring or overfiring'. […] LOSS OF COLOR IN CHINA PAINTING is a result of '''overfiring''' or mixing too much medium with the paint. Be careful not to ' overfire china colors, and if a light shade of a dark color is needed, apply the color very lightly rather than thinning too much.
