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▪ I. misfire, n.|mɪsˈfaɪə(r)|
[f. next. Cf. miss-fire.]
a. A failure to discharge or explode.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 478 A mis-fire is hardly ever experienced with the fire-arms made at the Royal manufactory. 1859Musketry Instr. 18 The instructor will naturally attribute ‘mis-fires’ to a dirty rifle. 1881Greener Gun 28 A misfire of the charge in the mortar. 1888Times (weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 12/3 Did you leave him after three or four misfires?
attrib.1902Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 9/3 A misfire ball cartridge, or one that had been used but had not exploded.
b. The state or action of misfiring.
1966B. C. Macdonald Car Doctor iv. 45 If there is a regular or rhythmical type of misfire, together with a blackish exhaust, then the mixture is too rich. 1973J. B. Edwards in Springer & Patterson Engine Emissions ii. 47 A significant level of misfire may exist in a poorly maintained and/or adjusted engine.
▪ II. misfire, v.|mɪsˈfaɪə(r)|
[mis-1 1. Cf. phr. to miss fire, s.v. miss v.1]
a. intr. Of a gun or its charge: To fail to be discharged or exploded.
1752in Scots Mag. (1753) Aug. 401/2 The little gun was in use to snap or misfire. [1881Greener Gun 43 The weapons were..tiresome to charge and discharge, and continually miss-firing.] 1902Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 8/1 Both guns in the fore-barbette had misfired.
b. Of an internal-combustion engine: to fail to explode the charge, or to explode it at the wrong instant. So misˈfiring vbl. n.
1905Motor Cycle 6 Mar. 218/3 If an engine is back firing, that is, giving explosions in the silencer, it is also misfiring. Misfiring may result from a defect in the ignition system. 1928Montagu & Bourdon Cars & Motor-Cycles III. 1244 An engine is said to misfire when the gas in one or more of the cylinders does not ignite. 1966B. C. Macdonald Car Doctor ix. 80 Other causes of misfiring are: incorrect valve timing, weak or broken valve springs, sticking valves, too much carbon in engine, [etc.]. 1974Haynes & Ward Audi 100 Owners Workshop Manual iv. 89/2 If the engine misfires regularly, run it at a fast idling speed.
c. fig. To fail, to be misdirected, to make a mistake. So misˈfired ppl. a.
1942Berry & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §170/6. 1949 Koestler Promise & Fulfilment xii. 132 The other after-effects of the misfired operation were in the same strain. 1974‘J. Graham’ Bloody Passage viii. 120 ‘What a wonderful idea,’ he said, and then the thing misfired slightly. |