Mire , v. i. To stick in mire. Shak.
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 , n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m&ymacr;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 (Zoöl.), the pewit, or
laughing gull. [Prov.
Eng.] -- Mire drum,
the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]
Mire (mīr),
n. [AS. mīre, m&ymacr;re; akin to D.
mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw.
myra; cf. also Ir.
moirbh, Gr. my`rmhx.]
An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.
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