miring

Variant of mire

noun

  1. an area of wet, soggy ground; bog
  2. deep mud; wet, soggy earth; slush

Origin: ME < ON myrr, akin to mosi, moss

transitive verb mired, miring

  1. to cause to get stuck in or as in mire
  2. to soil or splatter with mud or dirt

intransitive verb

to sink or stick in mud
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