\Tire\, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See {Tier}. [Obs.]
      In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder.
                                               --Milton.

\Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
{Attire}.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] ``Having rich tire about you.''
   --Shak.
2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
         On her head she wore a tire of gold.  --Spenser.
3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
   sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] ``The tire of
   war.'' --Philips.
5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
   or covering for the wheel.] A hoop or band, as of metal,
   on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart
   strength and receive the wear.
Note: The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the
      fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or
      railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel
      shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of
      a bicycle has a tire of India rubber.

\Tire\, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
      [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
                                               Kings ix. 30.

\Tire\, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See {Tirade}.]
1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.]
         Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with
         her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. --Shak.
         Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire
         upon the hearts of generous spirits.  --B. Jonson.
2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
   upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
         Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on
         her son.                              --Chapman.
         Upon that were my thoughts tiring.    --Shak.

\Tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tiring}.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
tires.

\Tire\, v. t.
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust
the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or
the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. --Shak.
      Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.
{To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}.