1. (n.) An ant.

2. (n.) Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

3. (v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

4. (v. t.) To soil with mud or foul matter.

5. (v. i.) To stick in mire.

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