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yre

yre is the archaic spelling of ire.

Meaning of ire

Noun (1)

ire (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Iron.
    • […] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […]1806, Richard Polwhele, The Language, Literature, and Literary Characters of Cornwall: with Illustrations from Devonshire, page 25

Noun (2)

ire (uncountable)

  1. Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
    • to raise the ire of someone
    Synonyms:
    apoplexy, fury, rage, wrath

See all 3 meanings of ire

Questions about yre

What is yre the archaic spelling of?
Yre is the archaic spelling of ire.

Words near yre in the dictionary

  1. yravished
  2. yrbk
  3. yrbks
  4. YRBS
  5. YRD
  6. yre
  7. Yreka
  8. yrent
  9. yrivd
  10. yrly
  11. yrn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yre (page history and authors); ire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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