tire

n. A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See Attire. ] 1. Attire; apparel. [ Archaic ] “Having rich tire about you.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the head; a headdress. [ 1913 Webster ]

On her head she wore a tire of gold. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [ Obs. ] “The tire of war.” Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel. ] A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled tyre. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of a bicycle or road vehicle (automobile, motorcyle, truck) has a tire of rubber, which is typically hollow inside and inflated with air to lessen the shocks from bumps on uneven roads. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Jezebel ] painted her face, and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See Tirade. ] 1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath tiring on her son. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon that were my thoughts tiring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tired p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring. ] [ OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E. tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E. tarry. ] To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weary; fatigued; exhausted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being tired, or weary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a short steel bar with one end flattened so as to form a blade, used to remove rubber tires from the rim of a wheel. [ PJC ]