pismire (pismir)

[Early mod. E. also pis myre, pysmyre; IMG:content-0260.png:[blocks in formation] of L. pi asphalt us, m.: see pi asphalt.] Same as pi asphalt. mere, pismoure, py moure (= MD. pismiere ), pi asphaltum (pis-as-fal'tum), n. [NL., neut. an ant; or emmet. He is as angry as a pi emyre, Though that he have al that he kan desire. Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 117. Nettled and stung with pismires . Shak., 1 Hen. IV., 1. 3. 240.