2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.

Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.

Pope.

Abbot of Misrule, or Lord of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord.

Mis*rul"y (?), a. Unruly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Miss (ms), n.; pl. Misses (-sz). [Contr. fr. mistress.] 1. A title of

courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been

married. See Mistress, 5.

There is diversity of usage in the application of this title to two or

more persons of the same name. We may write either the Miss Browns or

the Misses Brown.

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