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One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper.

Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. -- Ad*mir"ing*ly, adv. Shak.

The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

Emir. [Obs.]

Same as Ameer.

An obsolete form of admiral. "The mast of some great ammiral." Milton.

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke.

To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. Shak.

Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.

A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [Colloq.] De Quincey.

An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

The rank or office of an Emir.

A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.

The pewit, or black-headed gull. [Prov. Eng.]

An ant, or emmet.

Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access." Palfrey.

See Quagmire. [Obs.]

The squirrel monkey.

Admiration of one's self.

Half radial.