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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mis-thought', n. p. 846Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] “Through error and misthought.” Spencer.Mis-thrive', v. i. p. 846To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.Mis-thrōw', v. t. p. 846To throw wrongly.Mis'tie, n. p. 846A kind of sailing vessel.Mis-tide', v. i. p. 846To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune. [Obs.]Mist'i-head, n. p. 846The state of being misty; mistiness. [Obs.]Mist'i-ly, adv. p. 846With mist; darkly; obscurely.Mis-time', v. t. p. 847To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time. “This mistimed vaunt.” W. Scott. “Golden words, but mistimed above twelve hundred years.” Milman.Mis-tíme', v. i. p. 847To neglect the proper time.Mist'i-ness, n. p. 847A state of being misty; a state of thick vapor, or rain in very small drops.Mis'tion, n. p. 847The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; mixture; mingling. [Obs.]Mis-tī'tle, v. t. p. 847To call by a wrong title or name.Mis'tle, v. i. p. 847To fall in very fine drops, as rain.Mĭs'tle-tōe, n. p. 847(Bot.) A parasitic evergreen plant (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. The radicle is peculiar in always turning toward the object to which the plant is attached. When found upon the oak…Mis·trāin', v. t. p. 847To train or educate amiss.Mis'trāl, n. p. 847A violent north-west wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France.Mis/trans-lāte', v. t. p. 847To translate erroneously.Mis/trans-lā'tion, n. p. 847An erroneous translation or version.Mis'trans-pōrt', v. t. p. 847To bear along or carry away wrongfully or erroneously. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Mis-trēad'ing, n. p. 847Wrong treading or going; mis-step; misbehavior. Make me believe that thou art only marked For the hot vengeance and rod of Heaven To punish my mistreadings. Shak.Mis-trēat', v. t. p. 847To treat amiss; to abuse.Mis-trēat'ment, n. p. 847Wrong or unkind treatment; abuse.Mis'tress, n. p. 847A female having power, authority, ownership, or the like; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, &c.; the female head of a family, a school, &c. My mistress here lies murdered in her bed. Shak.…Mis'tress, v. i. p. 847To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne.Mis'tress-pièce, n. p. 847A chief performance of a woman. Lord Herbert.Mis'tress-ship, n. p. 847Female rule or dominion. 2. Ladyship, a style of address;— with the personal pronoun. [Obs.] Massinger.Mis-tri'al, n. p. 847(Law.) A false or erroneous trial.Mis-trōw', v. i. p. 847To think wrongly. [Obs.]Mis-trüst’, n. p. 847Want of confidence or trust; suspicion.Mis-trŭst', v. t. p. 847To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. Fate her own book mistrusted at the sight. Cowley. 2. Hence, to anticipate as near or likely to occur; to surmise.Mis-trüst'er, n. p. 847One who mistrusts; a suspicious person.Mis-trŭst'ful, a. p. 847Suspicious; doubting; wanting confidence in.Mis-trüst'ful-ly, adv. p. 847With suspicion or doubt.Mis-trüst'fŭl-ness, n. p. 847Suspicion; doubt.Mis-trŭst'ing-ly, adv. p. 847With distrust or suspicion.Mis-trŭst'less, a. p. 847Without mistrust; unsuspicious; unconscious. “The swain mistrustless of his smutted face.” Goldsmith.Mis-tūne', v. t. p. 847To tune wrong or erroneously; to put out of tune. “Performed on a mistuned instrument.” W. Scott.Mis-tū'rĭa, n. p. 847(Med.) (a.) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a potion. (b.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be…Mis-tûrn', v. t. p. 847To pervert. [Obs.]Mis-tū'tor, v. t. p. 847To instruct amiss.Mist'y, a. p. 847Overspread with mist; attended or characterized by mist; as, misty weather; a misty atmosphere; a misty night or day. 2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight.Mis-ŭn'der-stănd', v. t. p. 847To misconceive; to mistake; to take in a wrong sense.Mis-ŭn'der-stănd'er, n. p. 847One who misunderstands.Mis-ŭn'der-stānd'ing, n. p. 847Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. 2. Disagreement; difference; dissension; difficulty; slight quarrel. “Misunderstanding among friends.” Swift.Mĭs-u-rä'to, a. p. 847Measured; — a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.Mis-ūs'a'ge, n. p. 847Ill usage; abuse.Mis-ūse', v. t. p. 847To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply. “The corrupt practices of the papacy in . . . misusing religion.” South. 2. To abuse; to treat ill. Syn.—To maltreat; abuse…Mis-ūse’, n. p. 847Wrong or incorrect application or use; misapplication; erroneous use. “Words little suspected of any such misuse.” Locke. 2. Employment to a bad purpose; morally wrong use; abuse. “Lest he [God]…Mis-ūse'ment, n. p. 847The same as MISUSE.Mis-ūʹser, n. p. 847One who misuses. “Wretched misusers of language.” Coleridge. 2. (Law.) (a.) An unlawful use of a right. (b.) A use in excess of, or varying from, one’s right. Bouvier.Mis-văl'ue, v. t. p. 847To value wrongly or too little. I am so young I dread my work Will be misvalued both of old and young. Browne.Mis-vouch’, v. t. p. 847To vouch falsely.Mis-wan'der, v. i. p. 847To wander in a wrong path; to stray. [Obs.] “Miswandering error.” Chaucer.Mis-wāy', n. p. 847A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.Mis-weâr', v. t. p. 847To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon.Mis-wĕd′, v. t. p. 847To wed improperly.Mis-ween', v. i. p. 847To misjudge; to distrust. [Obs.]Mis-wēnd', v. i. p. 847To go wrong. [Obs.] Spenser.Mis-wor'ship, n. p. 847False or corrupt worship. Such hideous jungle of misworships, misbeliefs, men made as we are did actually hold by and live at home in. Carlyle.Mis-wor'ship, v. t. p. 847To worship wrongly or improperly. [Obs.]