n. [ F. mise a putting, setting, expense, fr. mis, mise, p. p. of mettre to put, lay, fr. LL. mittere to send. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. mesaise, OF. mesaise. ] Want of ease; discomfort; misery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having discomfort or misery; troubled. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not easy; painful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An incorrect or spurious edition. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To educate in a wrong manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To employ amiss;
Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To treat wrongfully. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]