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Webster 1913 Edition

Tire

Tire

,
Noun.
A tier, row, or rank. See
Tier
.
[Obs.]
In posture to displode their second
tire

Of thunder.
Milton.

Tire

,
Noun.
[Aphetic form of
attire
; OE.
tir
,
a tir
. See
Attire
.]
1.
Attire; apparel.
[Archaic]
“Having rich tire about you.”
Shak.
2.
A covering for the head; a headdress.
On her head she wore a
tire
of gold.
Spenser.
3.
A child’s apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
4.
Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
[Obs.]
“The tire of war.”
Philips.
5.
[Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel.]
A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled
tyre
.

Tire

,
Verb.
T.
To adorn; to attire; to dress.
[Obs.]
[Jezebel] painted her face, and
tired
her head.
2 Kings ix. 30.

Tire

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
tirer
to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E.
tear
to rend. See
Tirade
.]
1.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
[Obs.]
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires
with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
Shakespeare
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That
tire
upon the hearts of generous spirits.
B. Jonson.
2.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
[Obs.]
Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath
tiring
on her son.
Chapman.
Upon that were my thoughts
tiring
.
Shakespeare

Tire

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tired
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tiring
.]
[OE.
teorien
to become weary, to fail, AS.
teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear
to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E.
tarry
.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted;
as, a feeble person soon
tires
.

Tire

,
Verb.
T.
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.
Shak.
Tired
with toil, all hopes of safety past.
Dryden.
To tire out
,
to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
Syn. – To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See
Jade
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tire

TIRE

,
Noun.
[Heb. tur, a row or series.]
1.
A tier; a row or rank. This is the same word as tier, differently written. [See Tier and Tour.]
2.
A head dress; something that encompasses the head. [See Tiara.] Ezek.24. Is.3.
On her head she wore a tire of gold.
3.
Furniture; apparatus; as the tire of war.
4.
Attire. [See Attire.]
5.
A band or hoop of iron, used to bind the fellies of wheels, to secure them from wearing and breaking; as cart-tire; wagon-tire. This tire however is generally formed of different pieces, and is not one entire hoop.

TIRE

,
Verb.
T.
To adorn; to attire; to dress; as the head. Obs. [See Attire.] 2 Kings 9.

TIRE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tero.]
1.
To weary; to fatigue; to exhaust the strength by toil or labor; as, to tire a horse or an ox. A long day's work in summer will tire the laborer.
Tir'd with toil, all hopes of safety past.
2.
To weary; to fatigue; to exhaust the power of attending, or to exhaust patience with dullness or tediousness. A dull advocate may tire the court and jury, and injure his cause.
To tire out, to weary or fatigue to excess; to harass.

TIRE

,
Verb.
I.
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted. A feeble body soon tires with hard labor.

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