mire
/ˈmaɪɚ/ noun C2- Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
- A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
- An undesirable situation; a predicament.
Plural mires
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Its reflection was shot back in ruddy patches by the distant pools which lay amid the great Grimpen Mire.
“That is the great Grimpen Mire,” said he.
“The mire has him.
Two in two days, and many more, perhaps, for they get in the way of going there in the dry weather and never know the difference until the mire has them in its clutches.
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