MIRE
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Mire (m&ī;r), n. [AS. m&ī;re, 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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Mire, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m&unr_;rr swamp, Sw. myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.] Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer.
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He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire.
Spenser.
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Mire crow (Zo&ö;l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired (m&ī;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Miring.]
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1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
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2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; -- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned.
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3. To soil with mud or foul matter.
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Smirched thus and mired with infamy.
Shak.
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Mire, v. i. To stick in mire. Shak.
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