Mis*use"ment (?), n. Misuse. [Obs.]

Mis*us"er (?), n. 1. One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language."

Coleridge.

2. (Law) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from,

one's right. Bouvier.

Mis*val"ue (?), v. t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.

But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of old

and young.

W. Browne.

Mis*vouch" (?), v. t. To vouch falsely.

Mis*wan"der (?), v. i. To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go

astray. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mis*way" (?), n. A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mis*wear" (?), v. t. To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon.

Mis*wed" (?), v. t. To wed improperly.

Mis*ween" (?), v. i. To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be

mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mis*wend" (?), v. i. To go wrong; to go astray. [Obs.] "The world is

miswent." Gower.

Mis*word" (?), v. t. To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a

sentence.

Mis*word", n. A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. [Obs.] Sylvester.

Breton.

Mis*wor"ship (?), n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in

religion. Bp. Hall.

Such hideous jungle of misworships.

Carlyle.

Mis*wor"ship, v. t. To worship wrongly. Bp. Hall.

Mis*wor"ship*er (?), n. One who worships wrongly.

Mis*write" (?), v. t. To write incorrectly.

Mis*wrought" (?), a. Badly wrought. Bacon.

Mi"sy (?), n. [Cf. L. misy a mineral, perh. copperas, Gr. &?;.] (Min.)

An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

Mis*yoke" (?), v. t. To yoke improperly.

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