'Mire crow' definitions:
Definition of 'Mire crow'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Mire crow (Zool.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]
- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]