Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         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.]