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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mire \Mire\, v. i. To stick in mire. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)