Mir"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being miry.
Mirk (?), a. [See Murky.] Dark; gloomy; murky. Spenser. Mrs. Browning.
Mirk, n. Darkness; gloom; murk. "In mirk and mire." Longfellow.
Mirk"some (?), a. Dark; gloomy; murky. [Archaic] Spenser. --
Mirk"some*ness, n. [Archaic]
Mirk"y (?), a. Dark; gloomy. See Murky.
Mir"ror (?), n. [OE. mirour, F. miroir, OF. also mireor, fr. (assumed)
LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L. mirari to wonder. See Marvel,
and cf. Miracle, Mirador.]
1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that
forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she
often viewèd fair.
Spenser.
2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may
be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.
She is mirour of all courtesy.
Chaucer.
O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and majesty divine.
Spenser.