Mire, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. mȳrr 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(Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. — Mire drum, the European bittern.