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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

A lady's maid. Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. Locke.

Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

The state of being tired, or weary.

Untiring.

Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]

Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. -- Tire"some*ly, adv. -- Tire"some*ness, n.

One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4.

Provided with antlers, as a stag.

Attire; adornment.

One who attires.

A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the inside.

To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.

in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance. That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4. With strength entire and free will armed. Milton. One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.…

Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran.

In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost. Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. Raleigh.

The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge. This same entireness or completeness. Trench.

The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. Blackstone.

A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.