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Meanings of cover with mire in English

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Usage of cover with mire in English
1
The chain armour on his limbs and his long surcoat were covered with mire.
In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 04
2
At noon a shepherd staggered into the place, pale, bleeding, bruised, covered with mire.
Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)
3
The road was indescribably bad, and riders and horses were covered with mire and thoroughly fatigued.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
4
At nightfall he knocked at the Monastery door, and being admitted, appeared among the Brethren naked, bleeding, and covered with mire.
The Well of Saint Clare
5
The boys were covered with mire halfway to the waist, and their horses looked as if they must drop where they stood.
The Blue Birds' Winter Nest
6
He thought, too, of the scandal, an autopsy, a court of law, the newspapers recounting the crime, his daughter's memory covered with mire, and-No
Fruitfulness