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Mire

Mire

(mīr)
,
Noun.
[AS.
mīre
,
mȳre
; akin to D.
mier
, Icel.
maurr
, Dan.
myre
, Sw.
myra
; cf. also Ir.
moirbh
, Gr.
μύρμηξ
.]
An ant.
[Obs.]
See
Pismire
.

Mire

,
Noun.
[OE.
mire
,
myre
; akin to Icel.
m[GREEK]rr
swamp, Sw.
myra
marshy ground, and perh. to E.
moss
.]
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
Chaucer.
He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty
mire
.
Spenser.
Mire crow
(Zool.)
,
the pewit, or laughing gull.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Mire drum
,
the European bittern.
[Prov. Eng.]

Mire

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mired
(mīrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Miring
.]
1.
To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud;
as, to
mire
a horse or wagon
.
3.
To soil with mud or foul matter.
Smirched thus and
mired
with infamy.
Shakespeare

Mire

,
Verb.
I.
To stick in mire.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mire

MIRE

,
Noun.
Deep mud; earth so wet and soft as to yield to the feet and to wheels.

MIRE

,
Verb.
T.
To plunge and fix in mire; to set or stall in mud. We say, a horse, an ox or a carriage is mired, when it has sunk deep into mud and its progress is stopped.
1.
To soil or daub with mud or foul matter.

MIRE

,
Verb.
I.
To sink in mud, or to sink so deep as to be unable to move forward.

MIRE

,
Noun.
An ant. [See Pismire.]

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