n. [ Cf. F. immiscibilité. ] Incapability of being mixed, or mingled. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible. ]
A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. incommiscibilis; pref. in- not + commiscibilis that can be mingled. ] Not commiscible; not mixable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law), Malicious and willful destructionof or injury to the property of others; -- it is an offense at common law. Wharton.
v. t. & i.
n.
v. t.
n.
When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
My ships have all miscarried. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An erroneous cast or reckoning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cast or reckon wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. to marry or cohabit with a person of another race. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ L. miscere to mix + the root of genus race. ] A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white. Until the late twentieth century,
a. [ See Miscellany. ] Of or pertaining to miscellanies. Shaftesbury. --
n. [ See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin. ] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called
‖n. pl. [ L. See Miscellany. ] A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]
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;
n. A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
Miscellany madam,
a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To misjudge. [ Obs. ] Daniel. --
n. [ OE. meschance, OF. mescheance. ] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Never come mischance between us twain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To happen by mischance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unlucky. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. [ 1913 Webster ]
They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To charge erroneously, as in an account. --
n. [ OE. meschef bad result, OF. meschief; pref. mes- (L. minus less) + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and Chief. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. Ps. lii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be in mischief,
To make mischief,
To play the mischief,
v. t. To do harm to. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mischievous. [ R. ] Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mischievous. [ Obs. ] Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. --
a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport;
This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. See Mishna. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Mishnic. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To make a wrong choice. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To christen wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. miscibilité. ] Capability of being mixed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. miscible, fr. L. miscere to mix. ] Capable of being mixed; mixable. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Erroneous citation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cite erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mistaken claim. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Law) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong collocation. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To give a wrong color to. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Discomfort. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand. [ 1913 Webster ]