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TIRE, n. Heb. tur, a row or series.

1. A tier a row or rank. This is the same word as tier, differently written. See Tier and Tour.

2. A head dress something that encompasses the head. See Tiara. Ezekiel 24; Isaiah 3

On her head she wore a tire of gold.

3. Furniture apparatus as the tire of war.

4. Attire. See Attire.

5. A band or hoop of iron, used to bind the fellies of wheels, to secure them from wearing and breaking as cart-tire wagon-tire. This tire however is generally formed of different pieces, and is not one entire hoop.

TIRE, To adorn to attire to dress as the head. Obs. See Attire. 2 Kings 9 .

TIRE, L. tero.

1. To weary to fatigue to exhaust the strength by toil or labor as, to tire a horse or an ox. A long day's work in summer will tire the laborer.

Tir'd with toil, all hopes of safety past.

2. To weary to fatigue to exhaust the power of attending, or to exhaust patience with dullness or tediousness. A dull advocate may tire the court and jury, and injure his cause.

To tire out, to weary or fatigue to excess to harass.

TIRE, To become weary to be fatigued to have the strength fail to have the patience exhausted. A feeble body soon tires with hard labor.