misken 
Ami why wilt thon thysrlf tnitlcenf 
Man, take thine "M Hunk ulmni thee. 
Ttikr 7V,,,,. lit, I i l,xilc about Thee. 
misken'-'t (mis'ken), . A transposed form of 
mian, 
And would you mellow my yimiiK pretty mistress 
III Hllrll a ,, 
1 1: i, her and Shirley, Night- Walker, III. 
miskenningtdnis-keii'ing), . [< ME. misi;,n- 
iiini/i . | In Inir. wrong citation, \\hiirton. 
miskin (mis'kin), . A small bagpipe. 
Now would I tune my minlriii* on the green. 
ItrtiiftiHi, Eclogues, It 
miskindle (mis-kin'dl), r. t. ; pret. and pp. mis- 
kimlleil, ppr. misl.-iiulHiKj. [<. mis- 1 + kimll, -. \ 
To kindle amiss ; inflame to a bad purpose. 
Such fa the iitixkimllett heat of some vehement spirits. 
Bp. Hall, MNchirl ,,f I :!,..,,. 
misknow (mis-no'), r. t.; pret. miskneic, pp. 
iiii.ikin,irii. ppr. uiixl.-iiniriiii/. [< mis-* + know 1 ."] 
To know imperfectly; misapprehend. 
How apt are we, if thou dost never so little vary from 
our apprehension*, to mis-know thee, and to wrong our 
selves by our mis opinions! Bp. Hall, The Resurrection. 
But great men are too often unknown, or, what Is worse, 
mifknown. Carlyle, Sartor Resartua (1831), p. 10. 
misknowledge (mis-nol'ej), n. [< mi*-* + kiioir- 
li'il,j< . ] Misapprehension; imperfect knowledge. 
Lest at this time men might presume further upon the 
mislrnotvledye of my meaning to trouble this parliament 
than were convenient. H'tfam, James I. (Saret.) 
mislabel (rais-la'bel), c. t.; pret. and pp. mis- 
labeled or mislabelled, ppr. mixlabeling or mix- 
labelling. [< mis- 1 -f label 1 , v.] To mark with 
a wrong label, designation, or address. 
It might so easily have been mislabelled or mixed up 
with other Sassanian fragments. 
J. Feri/ugson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 83. 
mislay 1 (mis-la'), *' '; pret. and pp. mislaid, 
ppr. mislaying. [< mis-* + toy 1 , t'.] 1. To lay 
in a wrong or unaccustomed place; put in a 
place afterward forgotten : as, to mixlay a let- 
ter or one's gloves. 
Was ever any thing so provoking, to mislay my . . . 
Jewels? Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, III. 
It was ii, /'/,,/,/ among a multitude of other papers, at 
the time when I was solicited to communicate the former 
drawing to a gentleman then writing the "History of 
Music. Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 131. 
2. To place or set down erroneously; give or 
assign a wrong location to. 
The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke. 
mislay 2 (mis-la'). Preterit of mixlie. 
mislayer (mis-la'er), M. One who mislays, mis- 
places, or loses. 
The mislayer of a merestone Is to blame. 
Bacon, Judicature (ed. 1887). 
mislet, r. and n. An obsolete spelling of mizzle*. 
mislead (mis-led'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. misled. 
ppr. misleading. K ME. misledett, < A8. mix- 
HMOH (= 1). iiiixleiaen = MLG. misledcn OHG. 
iHiwIi-iti-ii, G. inissleiten = Svv. inixxleda), lead 
astray, < mix-, wrongly, + liedan, lead : see mis-* 
and lead 1 ."] 1. To lead or guide wrongly; lead 
astray ; especially, to drow into error ; cause to 
orr; delude: as, to mixlcad an inquirer. 
Trust not servants who mislead or misinform yon. 
Batnn. 
The antiquity of it, and Iwcause it is not so common, and 
especially because some of the Ancients and of the Papists 
Imue been misuf-led by these dreames. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 37. 
Do we not perpetually see men of the greatest talents 
and the purest intentions misled by national or factious 
prejudices? Macaulay, Mltford's Hist. Greece. 
2t. To misconduct; misbehave: used reflex- 
ively. 
The folk of Troie hrmsdven so m</xle<ten, 
That, with the wore, at nyght homward they riedden. 
Chaucer, Troiltis, Iv. 48. 
= Syn. 1. Mislead, Dflude. Mislead means to lead wrong, 
whethrr with in- without design. Delude always, at least 
figuratively, implies intention to deceive, and that means 
are used for that purpose. We may be misled through 
ignorance and In good faith, but we are deluded by false 
representations. A person may delude himself. 
By education most have been misled. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, ill. 380. 
Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, 
And with false flitting shades our minds delude, 
Jove never sends us downward from the skies. 
Swift, Dreams. 
misleader (mis-le'der), . One who misleads 
or draws (another) into error. 
That villanons abominable misleader of youth, Falstaff. 
Shale., 1 lien'. IV.. ii. 4. 608. 
misleading (mis-le'dinp), />. ". Tending to lead 
astray: deceptive: as, a niixlrinlinii theory. 
M ore resemblances or dissemblances may therefore prove 
misleadimj. Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 373. 
3793 
misleadingly (mis-le'ding-li), n<lr. In a mis- 
leailtll'.' manner: deceptively. 
misleared unis-h-rd'). ,i. [<1CB. ,,,i-i,,,,i. pp. 
ul 1 misli i'i ii. < AS. iiiixln-raii. leach wrongly, < 
n/i-i-, wrongly, + Id-run, leach; see M/iN-l anil 
liar*, r.l 1. Mistaught; ill-tutored; ill-train- 
ed. [Scotch.] 
I will not see a proper lad so mvtrar'd is to run the 
country with an old knave. Scott, Monastery, vl. 
2. Wrongly informed ; imposed upon. 
I'ut up your whittle, 
I'm no design'd to try Its mettle; 
But If I did, I wad be kittle 
To be misUar'd. 
lltinu, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
mislearn (mis-lern'), r. t. f < mis-* + Irani.} To 
li-ani wrongly or amiss, 
mislearned (mis-lcr'ned), /i. a. [< mis-* + 
li-iinied.] Not truly or wisely learned. 
Such Is this which you have here propounded on the 
behalf of your friend, whom It seems a mislfarned ad- 
vocate would fain lar up in a course altogether unjusti- 
fiable. Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience; Add. Case, i. 
mislen, n. An obsolete or dialectal form of 
lntlstin-. 
misletoet, n. An obsolete form of mistletoe. 
mislicht, a. [ME., < AS. mislic (= OS. misselic, 
mist/if, missenlic, mixscndlic, mislic = OS. mis- 
lik = OFrieg. mislik = OHG. missalili, niixgelili. 
MHG. inixsilirli. m i*l ih. G. mislich = Goth, mix- 
xaleiks), various, < mis-, Goth, missa-, etc., 
wrong, different, + -lie, E. -la*: see mi*- 1 and 
-/w 1 .] Various; diverse; different. 
mislichet, adv. [ME., also misselichf, etc.. < 
AS. mi/slice, mistlice (= OS. misliko = OHG. 
mixsilicho, MHG. misseliche, misliche, G. ntiglicli), 
variously, < mislif, various: see mislich.] 1. 
Variously, 
h'ulle seouen sere heo miMich foren. Layamun, L 6270. 
Meune that myslych wer murdred therin, 
By lustes nnloyfull lugged too death. 
AUmundrritf Mactdirint (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 1100. 
2. Wrongly; mistakenly; amiss. 
Nay, Crist It for-bede 
That ich more of that matere so misselifhe thenke ! 
H'illiaia uf Palerne (K. K. T. s.x 1. 71 1. 
mislie (rais-li'), r. i. ; pret. mislay, pp. mixlain, 
ppr. mull/in;/. [ME. mislien, mislyen, etc.; < 
mis-* + lie 1 , t'.] To lie awkwardly or uncom- 
fortably. 
The dede sleepe . . . fll on this carpenter, . . . 
And eft he routeth jsnoreth] for his heed mytlay. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 461. 
mislight (mis-lit'), r. t. [< ww-l -I- light*.'] 
To lead astray by or as by a light. 
No will n the wlspe mMight thee. 
Herriclc, Night-piece, To Julia. 
mislike (mis-Hk'), r. ; pret. and pp. misliked, 
ppr. misliking. [< ME. misliken ; ( AS. misli- 
ciaii (= Icel. mislika = OHG. misselichen), dis- 
please, < mix- + lician, please : see mis-* and 
like 3 .'] I. trans. If. To displease ; be displeas- 
ing to. 
Whan i wist of this werk wite 30 for sothe. 
It mulilcetie me mochel ml3t no man me blame. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), L 2039. 
2. To be averse to; disapprove of; dislike. 
Some will say that children of nature lone pastime and 
mislikt learning. .1 ,-<7,,r , The Seholemaster, p. 44. 
Uraue and wise counsellours ... in their ludiciall bear- 
Ings do much miriike all scholasticall rhetoricks. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. 118. 
Mislike me not for my complexion. 
The shadow'd livery of the burnlah'd sun. 
Shall., M. of V., It 1. 1. 
They [England and America) mistrust and mixlilce the 
centralization of power. OkuUonc, Might of Right, p. 17-. 
lit. To offend; disgust. 
Bellaria . . . oftentimes commingherselfe into his bed- 
chamber, to see that nothing should be amis to inislHv 
him. Orrene, Pandosto, or the Triumph of Time (1588). 
Il.t intrant. To be displeased or offended; 
disapprove: followed by of or icitli. 
Desiring you hereafter neuer to mut&re tcith me, for the 
taking In handeof any laudable and honest enterprise. 
Quoted in Boolct of Precedence (E. E. T. s., extra ser.\ 
[Forewords, p. lii. 
I can decipher their qualities, though I vtterly mvtitr 
of their practises. 
Greene, Pandosto. or the Triumph of Tlme(lS88). 
They made sport and I laught. they mispronounc't and 
I mufiar't. and, to make up the atticisme, they were out 
and I hist. Hilton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
mislike (mis-Hk'), . [< miglike, v.~] The state 
of not liking; mi si iking: aversion. 
Setting your scorns and vimr ntMi'fr aside. 
Shot., S Sen. VI., Iv. 1. 84. 
( i let not my secure simplicity breed your mitlite. 
Martian, Dutch Courtexan, ii. 1. 
mismanage 
misliken fmis-ll'kn). r. I. [< wi.v-1 4- lil.,n. Cf. 
iin.ilil.-i .] To ill-appoint. l/alliiccll. [Hrov. 
Kng. | 
mislikeness (mi-lik'ne), . [< mi*-* + 
Hrxx.] False likeness: inislnidiiig resemblance. 
So oft by rascally mi*HJcenr*t witinu' !. 
Southey, To A. runnlnirham. (Dattet.) 
misliker (mis-li'ker), . One who misliken or 
ili-likes. 
It can always be urged by certain mMOrn of his ... 
that these typical phases an not the Important phases. 
Harper* Mag., Li XVII. 7W. 
mislikingt (niis-h'king), n. [< ME. muHkyng; 
verbal n. of mislike, t'.] 1. Disapprobation; 
indignation. 
Going forth with the byshop till they came to Wlndsorr, 
hee entred the Castle, to the great mutUinff of the bysh 
oppe. Stow, Hen. III., an. 1204. 
2. Distaste; aversion. 
je schall, whan I am allone, 
In grete myJulcynff lende, 
Hut whanne I ryse agayne, 
Tlian schall yonre myrtbe be mende. 
York Pfayt, p. SS7. 
mislint, . An obsolete form of 
mislingt, . See 
mislippen (mis-lip'n), r. t. [< mi.i-l + liitpen.'] 
1. To disappoint. 2. To deceive; delude. 
I hafllns think his een hae him mislimen'd. 
TannahUt, Poems, p. 27. 
3. To neglect to perform; pay no proper at- 
tention to: as, to mislippen one s business. 4. 
To suspect; mistrust. 
I thought It best to slip out quietly though. In case she 
should mislijiprn something of what we are gsnn to do. 
Scott, Black Dwarf, IT. ' 
[Prov. Eng. or Scotch in all senses.] 
mislive (mis-liv'), r. /. ; pret. and pp. mislired, 
ppr. mislirina. [< ME. misliren, < AS. mislibban, 
lead a bad life, < mis-, wrongly, + libltan, live: 
see wis-l and lire*.} To lead a" wrong or vicious 
life. 
If he mislire in leudnes and lust. 
Little bootes all the welth and the trust 
Spenter, Sbep. CaL, May. 
mislivedt (mis-livd'), . [ME. myslyced; < 
mis-* + life + -erf 2 . Cf. mislive.'] Living amiss 
or viciously. 
O olde, unholsom, and myWytvd man ! 
t'hi'iwer, Trollus, Ir. S30. 
misllvert (mis-liv'er), n. One who follows evil 
courses. 
As tnulyuert obstinate. 
Hoy and Rarlinc, Rede me and Be nott Wroth, p. 121. 
((Dariet.) 
mislivingf (mis-liv'ing), . [< ME. mislynnge; 
verbal n. of mislire, r!] Evil course of fife. 
Yet they will repent and for sake their mustyringe, and 
do as they teche hem that ben for the grete loue he haddt- 
to man and gret tendlrnesse. Merlin (E. E. T. s.), L 2. 
mislocation (mis-lo-ka'shon), H. [< mis-* + 
location.] Misplacement. 
Midfcation of words in the structure of a sentence. 
/,. Bacon, Oenesis of the New England Churches, p. x. 
mislodget (mis-loj'), r. t. [< mis-* + lodge.] 
To lodge amiss or in the wrong place. Alarstoti. 
mislookt (mis -Ink '), n. [ME. misloke; < mis- 1 
+ look*."] A sight of some object hurtful or 
unlucky to look upon. 
Guide trlli tli In his boke 
Ensample touchend of initiate. 
Govxr, Conf. Amant., i. 
misluckt (mis-luk'), . [< mix-* + luck.] Ill 
luck; misfortune. 
Poor man ! It was his mitluck to marry that wicked 
wife. WoArnepht, French and Kngllsh Cranimar (lesa 
(p. 301. (Latham.) 
misluck (mis-luk'), r. i. [< mixlutk, .] To 
meet with ill luck ; miscarry. [Rare.] 
If one iiiuliu-li, there may still be another to make terms. 
Cartyle, Misc., IV. M*. 
mislyt, " See mi^-ly. 
mismake (mis-mak'), r. t.; pret. and pp. mw- 
iiiinli; ppr. niixHinkinfl. [< mis-* + make*.] To 
make wrongly; spoil in the making: as, to ttx- 
HI a ke a drt'ss. 
But proaydeth that they (translations] shal not be read 
If they be missc.wade, til they be by good examination 
amended. Sir T. Mart, Works, p. 2S4. 
mismanage (mis-man'aj), r. t.; pret. and pp. 
iiiisiiiininiji'd, ppr. mismanaging. [< mix-* + 
manage.] To manage badly ; conduct careless- 
ly or improperly. 
The debates of most princes' councils, and the business 
of assemblies, would be In danger to be mimanag'd. 
Locke, Human I'nderetanding, IV. xrU. 4. 
mismanage (mis-man'aj), i. [< mismanage, r.] 
Mistake; miscarriage. 
A mismanage of government. Bntrley, Virginia, LI SO. 
