Mist"i*ly, adv. With mist; darkly; obscurely.
Mis*time" (?), v. t. [AS. mistmain to turn out ill.] To time wrongly;
not to adapt to the time.
Mist"i*ness (?), n. State of being misty.
Mis"tion (?), n. [L. mistio, mixtio. See Mix, and cf. Mixtion.]
Mixture. [Obs.]
Mis*ti"tle (?), v. t. To call by a wrong title.
Mis"tle (?), v. i. [Eng. mist. See Misle, and Mizzle.] To fall in very
fine drops, as rain.
Mis"tle*toe (?), n. [AS. misteltn; mistel mistletoe + tn twig. AS.
mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw. mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel.
mistilteinn; and AS. tn to D. teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth.
tains. Cf. Missel.] (Bot.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe
(Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak,
where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the
Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe,
misseltoe, and mistleto.] Lindley. Loudon.
The mistletoe of the United States is Phoradendron flavescens, having
broader leaves than the European kind. In different regions various
similar plants are called by this name.
||Mis"to*nusk (?), n. [From the Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The American
||badger.
Mis*took" (?), imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.
Mis`tra*di"tion (?), n. A wrong tradition. "Monsters of mistradition."
Tennyson.
Mis*train" (?), v. t. To train amiss.
Mis"tral (?), n. [F., fr. Provençal.] A violent and cold northwest wind
experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.
Mis`trans*late" (?), v. t. To translate erroneously.
Mis`trans*la"tion (?), n. Wrong translation.
Mis`trans*port" (?), v. t. To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by
passion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Mis*tread"ing (?), n. Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my
mistreadings." Shak.
Mis*treat" (?), v. t. To treat amiss; to abuse.
Mis*treat"ment (?), n. Wrong treatment.
Mis"tress (?), n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. maîtresse, LL.
magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See Master, Mister, and
cf. Miss a young woman.] 1. A woman having power, authority, or
ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female
head of a family, a school, etc.
The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter! To be her
mistress' mistress!
Shak.