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] To attire, to "She painted her face and tired her head."-2 Kings ix. 30. *tire (2), v . i. [Fr. tirer =to draw, to snatch, to pluck; Eng. tear .] 1. Falconry : To seize, pull, and tear prey. The hawk was said to tire on her prey when it was thrown to her and she began to tear and pull at it. "Like an empty eagle, Tire on the flesh of men.' Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . III ., i. 1. 2. To seize eagerly; to be fixed or closely engaged in or upon anything. "Upon that were my thoughts tiring." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, iii. 6. tire (3), v. t. & i. [A. S. teorian to be tired, to weary, to tire; tirigan =to provoke, to vex, to irritate.] A. Transitive : "To tire the reader with a long preface, when I want his unfatigued attention to a long poem."-Goldsmith: Deserted Village . (Pref.) B. In trans. To become weary, fatigued, or ex- hausted; to have the strength or patience fail. "Of this sad work when each begins to tire , They sit them down just where they were before." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , i. 55. To tire out : To weary or fatigue to exce ; to wear out; to exhaust thoroughly. Tironian tïred, pa. par. or a. [TIRE (3), v.] tired-ne , s. [Eng. tired; -ne .] The quality haustion. or state of being tired or fatigued; wearine , ex "It is not through the tiredne of the age of the earth, but through our own negligence, that it hath not satisfied us bountifully."- Hake will : On Providence . ¡tire-le , a. [Eng. tire (3), v.; -le .] Untiring, unwearying. "The tirele and warm-hearted mi ionary." -London Daily Telegraph. *tire-ling, *tyre-ling, a . [English tire (3), v.; -ling.] Tired, fatigued. "The former villain which did lead Her tyreling jade." Spenser: F. Q., VI. vii. 40. IMG:content-1159.png:[blocks in formation] "By all your titles, and whole style at once, Of tireman, mountebank, and justice Jones, I do salute you." Ben Jonson: Expost. with Inigo Jones.