The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 (Zool.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
      Eng.]

   Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]
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