4. (Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt
on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed (mst); p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.] [AS.
missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista,
Dan. miste. √100. See Mis-, pref.] 1. To fail of hitting,
reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark
one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of
getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he
judged not right.
Locke.
2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with;
-- now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
Prior.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood.
Shak.
3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to
mourn the loss of; to want. Shak.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that
pertained unto him.