Bemired

Bemired
Bemire Be*mire", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bemired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bemiring}.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [1913 Webster]

Bemired and benighted in the dog. --Burke. [1913 Webster]


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  • bemired — adj. stuck in mud; dirty with mudv. dirty with mud; cause to sink in mud …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bemire — bemirement, n. /bi muyeur /, v.t., bemired, bemiring. 1. to soil with mire; dirty or muddy: bemired clothing. 2. to cause (an object or person) to sink in mire: a bemired wagon. [1525 35; BE + MIRE] * * * …   Universalium

  • Bemire — Be*mire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bemired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bemiring}.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [1913 Webster] Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bemiring — Bemire Be*mire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bemired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bemiring}.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [1913 Webster] Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Second Boer War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Anglo Boer War partof=the Boer Wars caption=Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War date=11 October 1899 ndash; 31 May 1902 place=South Africa casus belli=The Jameson Raid, 1895 96 [Thomas Pakenham,… …   Wikipedia

  • clauber — noun /ˈklæbə/ wet clay or mud Enter Magee Mor Matthew, a rugged rough rugheaded kern, in strossers with a buttoned codpiece, his nether stocks bemired with clauber of ten forests, a wand of wilding in his hand …   Wiktionary

  • beclarted — I Cleveland Dialect List bemired, smeared over with dirt II North Country (Newcastle) Words be clotted, be daubed, be smeared …   English dialects glossary

  • nasty — adj 1. unclean, dirty, dirtied, sullied, soiled, stained; discolored, tarnished, smirched, besmirched, smutched, smutchy, smudged, smeared, besmeared, bedaubed; spotted, spotty, maculate, maculated, blemished, blotched, splotched, splotchy,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • bemire — /bəˈmaɪə/ (say buh muyuh), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) (bemired, bemiring) 1. to soil with mire. 2. to sink in mire. {be + mire} …  

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