The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mire drum
Mire \Mire\, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?rr swamp, Sw.
myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
--Chaucer.
He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire.
--Spenser.
Mire crow (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]
Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]