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- Miry Mir"y, a. [From 2d {Mire}.] Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road. [1913 Webster]
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miry — miry; quag·miry; … English syllables
Miry — (arab.), eine Steuer in Ägypten, s.d. (Geogr.) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
miry — (adj.) late 14c., from MIRE (Cf. mire) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
miry — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very muddy or boggy … English terms dictionary
miry — [mīr′ē] adj. mirier, miriest 1. full of, or having the nature of, mire; swampy 2. covered with mire; muddy … English World dictionary
miry — /ˈmaɪri/ (say muyree) adjective (mirier, miriest) 1. of the nature of mire; swampy: miry ground. 2. full of or covered in mire or mud; muddy: miry streets. 3. covered or bespattered with mire. 4. dirty; filthy. –miriness, noun …
miry — miriness, n. /muyeur ee/, adj., mirier, miriest. 1. of the nature of mire; swampy: miry ground. 2. abounding in mire; muddy. 3. covered or bespattered with mire. [1350 1400; ME; see MIRE, Y1] * * * … Universalium
miry — adjective Relating to a mire, smeared with mud. ...summer was long over, and cold and frost and miry ways kept them much indoors... Syn: boggy, marshy, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy … Wiktionary
miry — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa … Useful english dictionary
Miry Creek No. 229, Saskatchewan — Miry Creek No. 229 (2006 Population 458 ) is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 1,220.38 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains its office in Abbey, Saskatchewan [1]. The communities of Shackleton,… … Wikipedia
