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mired, ppl. a.|maɪəd|
[f. mire v.1 + -ed1.]
1. a. Stuck fast in the mire, bogged.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iii. vi. (1624) 285 As a myred horse that struggles at first with all his might and maine to get out. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago II. 91 Cowards, old Odin held..sank..like mired cattle, to all eternity in the unfathomable peat-slime.
b. transf. and fig. Involved in difficulty, perplexed.
1513Douglas æneis ix. iii. 106 Rutylianys wolx affrayit wyth myndis myrit.
2. Bespattered with mire; soiled or discoloured with mud or mire.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. i. iv. (1612) 13 The..Sunne..did shine vpon the oosie plashes myerd. 1891‘Q’ Noughts & Crosses 207 My mired boots played havoc with the neatly sanded floor. 1897T. C. De Leon Jealous God v, in Novelette Trilogy 127 Lifting tenderly the mired, limp and senseless form of a shriveled old woman, struck down by them [sc. 'bus horses]. |