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Definition: Mire drum
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.
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He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. --Spenser.
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Mire crow (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
Eng.]
Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]
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