"pismire" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to piss + mire (“ant”). So called due to the smell of anthills. Compare English pissant, Old Frisian pisimme, Dutch pismiere, Swedish pissmyra.",
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          "text": "Why looke you, I am whipt and ſcourg'd with rods,\n Netled, and ſtung with piſmires, when I heare\n Of this vile polititian, Bullingbrooke,",
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