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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mis-trēat'ment, n.p. 847Wrong or unkind treatment; abuse.
  2. 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.…
  3. Mis'tress, v. i.p. 847To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne.
  4. Mis'tress-pièce, n.p. 847A chief performance of a woman. Lord Herbert.
  5. Mis'tress-ship, n.p. 847Female rule or dominion. 2. Ladyship, a style of address;— with the personal pronoun. [Obs.] Massinger.
  6. Mis-tri'al, n.p. 847(Law.) A false or erroneous trial.
  7. Mis-trōw', v. i.p. 847To think wrongly. [Obs.]
  8. Mis-trüst’, n.p. 847Want of confidence or trust; suspicion.
  9. 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.
  10. Mis-trüst'er, n.p. 847One who mistrusts; a suspicious person.
  11. Mis-trŭst'ful, a.p. 847Suspicious; doubting; wanting confidence in.
  12. Mis-trüst'ful-ly, adv.p. 847With suspicion or doubt.
  13. Mis-trüst'fŭl-ness, n.p. 847Suspicion; doubt.
  14. Mis-trŭst'ing-ly, adv.p. 847With distrust or suspicion.
  15. Mis-trŭst'less, a.p. 847Without mistrust; unsuspicious; unconscious. “The swain mistrustless of his smutted face.” Goldsmith.
  16. Mis-tūne', v. t.p. 847To tune wrong or erroneously; to put out of tune. “Performed on a mistuned instrument.” W. Scott.
  17. 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…
  18. Mis-tûrn', v. t.p. 847To pervert. [Obs.]
  19. Mis-tū'tor, v. t.p. 847To instruct amiss.
  20. 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.
  21. Mis-ŭn'der-stănd', v. t.p. 847To misconceive; to mistake; to take in a wrong sense.
  22. Mis-ŭn'der-stănd'er, n.p. 847One who misunderstands.
  23. Mis-ŭn'der-stānd'ing, n.p. 847Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. 2. Disagreement; difference; dissension; difficulty; slight quarrel. “Misunderstanding among friends.” Swift.
  24. Mĭs-u-rä'to, a.p. 847Measured; — a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
  25. Mis-ūs'a'ge, n.p. 847Ill usage; abuse.
  26. 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…
  27. 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]…
  28. Mis-ūse'ment, n.p. 847The same as MISUSE.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. Mis-vouch’, v. t.p. 847To vouch falsely.
  32. Mis-wan'der, v. i.p. 847To wander in a wrong path; to stray. [Obs.] “Miswandering error.” Chaucer.
  33. Mis-wāy', n.p. 847A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  34. Mis-weâr', v. t.p. 847To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon.
  35. Mis-wĕd′, v. t.p. 847To wed improperly.
  36. Mis-ween', v. i.p. 847To misjudge; to distrust. [Obs.]
  37. Mis-wēnd', v. i.p. 847To go wrong. [Obs.] Spenser.
  38. 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.
  39. Mis-wor'ship, v. t.p. 847To worship wrongly or improperly. [Obs.]
  40. Mis-wor'ship-er, n.p. 847One who worships wrongly.
  41. Mis-write', v. t.p. 847To write incorrectly. [Obs.] Bp. Cosin.
  42. Mis-wrought', a.p. 847Badly wrought. [Obs.] Bacon.
  43. Mi'sy, n.p. 847(Min.) A sulphur-yellow mineral occurring in small crystalline scales, and consisting of the impure sulphate of the peroxide of iron mixed with other sulphates. [Written also missy.]
  44. Mis-yōke', v. t.p. 847To yoke or join improperly.
  45. Mis-zēal'ous, a.p. 847Actuated by false zeal. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  46. Mĭtch, n.p. 847The same as MANCHET. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  47. Mitch'ell, n.p. 847A piece of Purbeck-stone measuring from fifteen to twenty-four inches, squared and hewn, and ready to be used in building; — so called by workmen. [Eng.]
  48. Mite, n.p. 847Any thing very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. 2. Hence, specifically, (a.) (Zoöl.) A minute spider, having jaws, which distinguish it from the ticks, and of which there…
  49. Mī-tel'la, n.p. 847(Bot.) A genus of low, slender, perennial plants, having small white or greenish flowers;—so called from the form of the young pod, which resembles a miter. Gray. 2. (Med.) A bandage to support the…
  50. Mi'ter or Mi'tre, n.p. 847A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops, cardinals, and the abbots of certain monasteries, and, from special privilege, by the canons of certain churches. Its form was originally…
  51. Mi'ter or Mi'tre, v. i.p. 847(Arch.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction, particularly when at a right angle.
  52. Mī'ter or Mī'tre, v. t.p. 847To adorn with a miter. 2. To unite at an angle of 45°.
  53. Mī'ter-bōx or Mī'tre-bōx, n.p. 847A trough with vertical saw-cuts through the sides, at an angle of 45° with the length, or at any given angle, to guide the saw in cutting work to form miters.
  54. Mĭth'ic, a.p. 847See MYTHIC.
  55. Mī'thras, n.p. 847The principal deity of the Persians.
  56. Mĭth'ri-dāte, n.p. 847(Med.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic;—so called from Mithridates, King…
  57. Mĭth'ri-dăt'ic, a.p. 847Pertaining to mithridate, or its inventor, Mithridates.
  58. Mit'i-ga-ble, a.p. 847Admitting of mitigation; capable of being alleviated. Burrow.
  59. Mit'i-gant, a.p. 847Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lenitive.
  60. Mit'i-gāte, v. t.p. 847To soften, or make mild and accessible. [Obs.] It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions. Burke. 2. To alleviate, as suffering; to assuage; to lessen; as, to mitigate pain or grief.…