miringn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s mireing, 1500s mireyng, 1500s– miring.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mire v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mire v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Now rare.

1. The action or fact of becoming stuck fast in a mire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > deprivation of movement > by trapping in mire

miring1556

1556 Act 8 Eliz. c. 8 §1 W^thout daunger and peryll of the mireyng drowning and perishing of the same [horses].

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 29 Because their Cattle shall not be in danger of miring or drowning.

1888 Cent. Mag. Mar. 657/2 As long as everything is frozen solid there is..no danger from miring.

†2. The action of covering or spattering a thing with mud or mire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > muddiness > dirtying with mud

bemiring1600

bemudding1611

miring1641

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Answer Hvmble Remonstr. Post. 99 The tearing of Hoods and Cowles, the miring of Copes,..in the scuffle.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1704 in Amer. Speech (1940) 15 285 A Marked Mulberry Standing at ye Miring place on ye South Run of Quantiquart.

1732 Will in William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. (1909) 18 91 My silver cup and one-eighth part of my cattle after miring time is over.

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 240 In the ‘miring-time’, that is, in the spring when the cattle were thin and weak and apt to get stuck in the soft marshes.

1977 M. Helprin Refiner's Fire x. xvii. 340 The altitude made lungs ache, and, upon descent to sea level and below, the fortress troops felt confused and dizzy, tired out by the miring air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miring
释义	miringn. Brit. /ˈmʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s mireing, 1500s mireyng, 1500s– miring. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mire v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mire v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Now rare. 1. The action or fact of becoming stuck fast in a mire. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > deprivation of movement > by trapping in mire miring1556 1556 Act 8 Eliz. c. 8 §1 W^thout daunger and peryll of the mireyng drowning and perishing of the same [horses]. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 29 Because their Cattle shall not be in danger of miring or drowning. 1888 Cent. Mag. Mar. 657/2 As long as everything is frozen solid there is..no danger from miring. †2. The action of covering or spattering a thing with mud or mire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > muddiness > dirtying with mud bemiring1600 bemudding1611 miring1641 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Answer Hvmble Remonstr. Post. 99 The tearing of Hoods and Cowles, the miring of Copes,..in the scuffle. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1704 in Amer. Speech (1940) 15 285 A Marked Mulberry Standing at ye Miring place on ye South Run of Quantiquart. 1732 Will in William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. (1909) 18 91 My silver cup and one-eighth part of my cattle after miring time is over. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 240 In the ‘miring-time’, that is, in the spring when the cattle were thin and weak and apt to get stuck in the soft marshes. 1977 M. Helprin Refiner's Fire x. xvii. 340 The altitude made lungs ache, and, upon descent to sea level and below, the fortress troops felt confused and dizzy, tired out by the miring air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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