/muyeur/ , n. , v. , mired, miring .
n.
1. a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
2. ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.
v.t.
3. to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.
4. to involve; entangle.
5. to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.
v.i.
6. to sink in mire or mud; stick.
[ 1300-50; ME myrr bog; c. OE meos MOSS ]