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Search phrase: mire

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.173Great pails of puddled mire to quench the hair.Great pailes of puddled myre to quench the haire; 
CymbelineCym V.v.222Spit, and throw stones, cast mire upon me, setSpit, and throw stones, cast myre vpon me, set
King LearKL II.ii.4I'the mire.I'th'myre.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.v.63one of them, in a slough of mire; and set spurs andone of them, in a slough of myre; and set spurres, and
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.41If thou art Dun, we'll draw thee from the mireIf thou art dun, weele draw thee from the mire.
The TempestTem II.ii.5Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire,Fright me with Vrchyn-shewes, pitch me i'th mire,
Timon of AthensTim I.ii.58Honest water, which ne'er left man i'th' mire.Honest water, which nere left man i'th'mire:
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.149Paint till a horse may mire upon your face.Paint till a horse may myre vpon your face:

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1009 ‘ The crow may bathe his coal-black wings in mire, The Crow may bath his coaleblacke wings in mire,

Glossary

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Dunhorse's name [involving the lifting of a log ‘horse’ in a Christmas game called ‘drawing dun out of the mire’]
miresink in the mire, get bogged down

Thesaurus

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mire, sink in themire
sink in the miremire

Themes and Topics

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French

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
MIREBASICmire n, mire v, miry adj
MIRESTATEquagmire n
QUAGMIREBASICsee MIRE

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