Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PIS'MIRE
PIS'MIRE, n. [The last syllable is the Sw. myra, Dan. myre, D. mier, an ant; Sax. myra, tender. I know not the origin or meaning of the first syllable.]
The insect called the ant or emmet. – Prior. Mortimer.
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