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_To_ MYSFALL, _v. n._ To miscarry.
_Barbour._
_To_ MISFAYR, ~Misfare~, _v. n._ To miscarry.
_Douglas._
_Misfarin_, S. B. ill-grown; A. S. _mis-far-an_, male invenire, perire.
~Mysfar~, _s._ Mischance.
_Wallace._
MISGAR, _s._ A kind of trench in sandy ground, from the action of the wind. Orkn. Norw. _mis_ denoting defect, and _giaer_ form.
_To_ MISGRUGLE, _v. a._ To rumple; to handle roughly, S.
_Journ. Lond._
2. To disfigure, to deform, S. B.
Belg. _kreukel-en_, to crumple.
_To_ MISGULLY, _v. a._ To cut clumsily, to mangle, Fife; q. to use the _gully amiss_.
MISHANTER, _s._ Misfortune, S.
_Ross._
Fr. _misaventure_, O. E. _mysauntre_.
MISHAPPENS, _s._ Unfortunateness.
_Baillie._
MISHARRIT, _part. pa._ Unhinged.
_Palice of Honour._
A. S. _mis_, and _hearro_, a hinge.
_To_ MISKEN, _v. a._
1. Not to know, S.
_Douglas._
2. To overlook, to neglect.
_Compl. S._
3. To seem to be ignorant of, S.
_Baillie._
4. To forbear, not to meddle with.
5. To refuse to acknowledge.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
6. _To misken one's self_, to forget one's proper station, S.
_To_ MYSKNAW, _v. a._ To be ignorant of.
_Crosraguel._
MISLEARD, _adj._
1. Unmannerly, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Mischievous, S.
_Burns._
_Mis_ and _lear'd_, i. e. learned.
_To_ MISLIPPEN, _v. a._ To disappoint, S.
_To_ MISLUCK, _v. n._ To miscarry.
Belg. _misluck-en_, id.
~Misluck~, _s._ Misfortune, S.
