Mis*cast" (?), v. t. To cast or reckon wrongly.
Mis*cast", n. An erroneous cast or reckoning.
Mis`ce*ge*na"tion (?), n. [L. miscere to mix + the root of genus race.]
A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and
white.
Mis`cel*la*na"ri*an (?), a. [See Miscellany.] Of or pertaining to
miscellanies. Shaftesbury. -- n. A writer of miscellanies.
Mis"cel*lane (?), n. [See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin.] A mixture of
two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. Bacon.
||Mis"cel*la"ne*a (?), n. pl. [L. See Miscellany.] A collection of
||miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.
Mis`cel*la"ne*ous (?), a. [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr.
miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany.]
Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts;
promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A
miscellaneous rabble." Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. --
Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.
Mis"cel*la*nist (?), n. A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.
Mis"cel*la*ny (?), n.; pl. Miscellanies (#). [L. miscellanea, neut. pl.
of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellanée, pl. miscellanées. See
Miscellaneous.] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a
collection of compositions on various subjects.
'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins
actual.
Hewyt.
Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner.
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Mis"cel*la*ny (ms"sl*l*n), a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Mis*cen"sure (?), v. t. To misjudge. [Obs.] Daniel. -- n. Erroneous
judgment. [Obs.] Sylvester.
Mis*chance" (?), n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.] Ill luck; ill
fortune; mishap. Chaucer.
Never come mischance between us twain.
Shak.
Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity;
disaster. See Calamity.
Mis*chance", v. i. To happen by mischance. Spenser.
Mis*chance"ful (?), a. Unlucky. R. Browning.
Mis*char"ac*ter*ize (?), v. t. To characterize falsely or erroneously;
to give a wrong character to.
They totally mischaracterize the action.
Eton.
Mis*charge" (?), v. t. To charge erroneously, as in an account. -- n. A
mistake in charging.
Mis"chief (ms"chf), n. [OE. meschef bad result, OF. meschief; pref.
mes- (L. minus less) + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and
Chief.]
1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation
caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not;
often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in
sport. Chaucer.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs.
Ps. lii. 2.
The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs.
Fuller.