v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bemired p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring. ] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Half relief. See Demi-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. fr. demi-reputation. ] A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [ Colloq. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Ar. emīr, amīr, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer. ] An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

{ }, n. The rank or office of an Emir. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of fish including the halfbeaks, marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide.
Syn. -- family Hemiramphidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Quagmire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half radial. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Mach.) See Radial engine, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semirings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds. [ 1913 Webster ]