\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}.

\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.]

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