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Tire \Tire\, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See {Tier}. [Obs.]
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In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder. --Milton.
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Tire \Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
{Attire}.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] "Having rich tire about you."
--Shak.
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2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
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On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser.
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3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
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4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war."
--Philips.
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5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
or covering for the wheel.] A ring, hoop or band, as of
rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a
vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In
Britain, spelled {tyre}.
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Note: The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the
fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or
railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel
shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of
a bicycle or road vehicle (automobile, motorcyle,
truck) has a tire of rubber, which is typically hollow
inside and inflated with air to lessen the shocks from
bumps on uneven roads.
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Tire \Tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tiring}.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
tires.
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Tire \Tire\, v. t.
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust
the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or
the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. --Shak.
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Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.
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{To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
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Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}.
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Tire \Tire\, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
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[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
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Tire \Tire\, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See {Tirade}.]
1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.]
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Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
--Shak.
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Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B.
Jonson.
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2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
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Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath tiring on her son. --Chapman.
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Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.
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Tier \Ti"er\, n. [See {Tire} a headdress.]
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied
with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also {tire}.]
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