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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Mis-lāy', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. MISLAID; p. pr. & vb. n. MISLAYING.] 1. To lay in a wrong place. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke. 2. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. If the butler be the telltale, mislay a spoon so that he may never find it. Swift.