Definition of Mire. Meaning of Mire. Synonyms of Mire
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Definition of Mire
Mire Mire Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired; 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.
2. To soil with mud or foul matter.
Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak.
Mire Mire Mire, v. i.
To stick in mire. --Shak.
Mire Mire Mire, n. [AS. m[=i]re, m?re; akin to D. mier, Icel.
maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr. ?.]
An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.
Mire Mire Mire, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?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 (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
Eng.]
Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]
