Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tire"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tire \Tire\, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See {Tier}. [Obs.]

In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder.
--Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tire \Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
{Attire}.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] ``Having rich tire about you.''
--Shak.

2. A covering for the head; a headdress.

On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser.

3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] ``The tire of
war.'' --Philips.

5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
or covering for the wheel.] A hoop or band, as of metal,
on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart
strength and receive the wear.

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 has a tire of India rubber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.

{To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tire \Tire\, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]

[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with
her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. --Shak.

Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire
upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B. Jonson.

2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]

Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on
her son. --Chapman.

Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tire
n : hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made
of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: {tyre}]
v 1: get tired of something or somebody [syn: {pall}, {weary}, {fatigue},
{jade}]
2: exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress;
"We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {wear upon}, {tire
out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear
down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn: {run down}, {exhaust}, {play out}, {sap}]
4: cause to be bored [syn: {bore}] [ant: {interest}]


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