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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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mire
noun
the sea
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etymology:
possibly a development from English
mire
‘an area of swampy ground, a bog’ or German
meer
with the same meaning; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies