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   Tier, 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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   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, 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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   ☞ 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, 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, 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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   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, 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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