n. [ AS. mīre, m&ymacr_;re; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mire crow (Zool.),
Mire drum,
v. t.
Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To stick in mire. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]