miss 
The hoy not to he found? 
... I feel 
A sail ittiitH of him. 
Mturinijrr, Biuhful Lover, II. I. 
5. Specifically, in printing, a failure on the part 
of the person feeding t.he blank slie.-ts In n press 
to supply ;i sheet ;il the i-i^hl inipini'iit for im- 
pn'Ssillll. TIlcniHSlnllHtllrrom-rtr.Mn rilllllilM.-lliriillk'll 
several sheets to absorb the ink put on the blanks by (In- 
form. 
6. In the game of loo, an extra liund dealt out, 
for which the players in turn have the option 
of exchanging their own.- Amiss Is as good as a 
mile, ii niiiTiiu i-i-,-i|ii- is no worse than a remote one; no 
HIM- r-r:ljir, :l ihn^rl it I|M, , M"t lll.itli! murli h"U M.-.ir it 
approached. 
miss't (mis), "'/''. [MK. mis, IHI/S, ///.< = I). 
mix = loel. mix, adv., wrong, amiss : see ///ml, r. 
Of. mixx, //., niiiixx.} Wrongly; badly; amiss. 
The thlnges ben so ;/ entrechaunged. 
Chaucer, Bocthius, Iv. prose 5. 
To con-ecten that is mix I mente. 
Cltaucev, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 440. 
miss-' (mis), . [An abbr. of mistress, at first 
prob. as a title, the form Mistress, as written 
Mrs. and pronounced mis'ez, being still com- 
monly abbreviated in rustic use in New Eng- 
land and among the Southern negroes, to Miss, 
often printed Mis'. Cf. also def. 3. See mis- 
tress, Mrs.] 1. Mistress: a reduced form of 
this title, which, so reduced, came to be re- 
garded, when prefixed to the name of a young 
woman or girl, as a sort of diminutive, and 
was especially applied to young girls (corre- 
sponding to master as applied to young boys), 
older unmarried girls or women being stvled 
mistress even in the lifetime of the mother; 
later, and in present use, a title prefixed to the 
name of any unmarried woman or girl, in a re- 
stricted use. the title Mi**, with the surname only, now 
distinguishes the eldest daughter of a family, the younger 
daughters having the title Miss prefixed to their full name : 
as, Miss Brown, Miss Mary Brown, etc. Home matronly 
unmarried women, holding independent positions as house- 
holders or otherwise, are still styled Mistress (Mrs.) as a 
mark of special respect, at least in some par(s of the United 
States. In speaking or writing of two or more persons of 
the same name by the title of a ins, the plural form isoften 
given to the name as a whole, as the Misg Smiths, instead 
of to the title, as the Misses Smith. 
The four Mix: Willises. Dickens, Sketches, ill. 
Mist Quest held her chin too high, and ... Miss Laura 
spoke and moved continually with a view to effect. 
<,',,-;/,- "Kli,.i, Mill on the Floss, iv. 0. 
Her says to me "Are you Mrs. or Mitt/" "Neither, 
ma'am," I says, "I are a servant." That young woman re- 
spected herself and her calling. 
If. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 256. 
2. A voung unmarried woman ; a girl, in this 
sense chiefly colloquial ; in trade use It has reference to 
sizes, etc. : as, ladles', misses', and children's shoes. 
Where there are little masters and mix*fs in a house, 
they are great impediments to the diversions of the ser- 
vants. Sic\ft- 
Sometimes I half wish I were merely 
A plain or a penniless miss. 
Locker, A Nice Correspondent. 
3. A mistress (of a household). [Southern 
U. S., in negro use.] 4t. [In this use a direct 
abbr. of mistress in the same sense a slang 
use, independent of the above.] A kept mis- 
tress. 
She being taken to be the Earle of Oxford's muse (as at 
this time they began to call lewd women). 
Evelyn, Diary, Jan. 9, 1662. 
TJndecent women, . . . inflaming several! young noble- 
men and gallants, became their mines. 
Kivti/n. Diary, Oct. 18, 1666. 
If after all you think it a disgrace 
That Edward's miss thus perks it in your face. 
Pope, Epll. to Howe's Jane Shore, 1. 4<l. 
missa (mis'ii), . [LL., mass: see mass 1 .] 1. 
The mass; a mass. 2. In the Mozarabic lit- 
nrni/, a variable prayer or address, called more 
fully the Oratio Mixxir (Prayer of the Mass), 
answering to theQallican I'ni-j'iilin Missip. (Pre- 
face of the Mass). It probably derived its name 
from the fact that the dismissal (missa) of the 
catechumens originally preceded it. 
missal (mis'al), a. and n. [I. a. = OF. missal. 
< ML. missatis, of the mass, < missa, the mass: 
see moss*. II. n. = F. missel = Sp. misal = 
Pg. missal = lt. messale, < ML. missale, a mass- 
book, neut. of mi.txalix, of the mass: see I.] I. 
a. Pertaining to the mass, or to the missal or 
Roman Catholic mass-book. 
It had been good for our missal priest* to have dwelled 
in that country. latimer, 3d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. 
The missal sacrifice. Bp. Ball. 
Missal litanies. See lit,tnn, -2. 
II. n. In the Bom. Ciitli. Cli., the hook con- 
taining all the liturgical forms neeessary for 
celebrating mass throughout the year. Orlgi- 
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nally the ordinary, canon, and some other parts of the mass 
were contained In the ucnuiieiiUrv, which also im -lii.li -.1 
the offices for the other sacraments. In aildition to this 
the antiphonary, lectlonary, and evangellary had to be 
used. Karly In the eighth century the name of missal 
(miaalit (sc. liber), mistalfi came to be applied to the sacra- 
tiH-ntaiy. iinil later to tiooka containing additional part* of 
I In- mass. A book like the modern misaal, containing all tin; 
forms of the mass, was called a plenary missal (inisiaU ple- 
luiriuin). 1 he modern Koinan misaal (the " reformed mis- 
sal") was Issued substantially in it* present form under 
Plus V. in 1570, and reviled again under Clement VIII. and 
I i km VIII. It is the only Latin missal allowed to be 
used in the Roman caihoiir church, with the exception 
of the liuijtfil local use of the Ambroslan, Mozarablc, 
and some monastic rites. Roman Catholic priest* in Eng- 
land do not follow the Sarum and other ancient Mir. !i-h 
uses, but the present Roman rites. The ('mats and oiln r 
Latinizing communities in Oriental countries are allowed 
to retain their ancient otlirrs, with alterations more or 
less considerable. In the Roman missal, after the Intro- 
ilnc'toij matter (calendar, general rubrics, etc.) come the 
introiU, collect*, epistle*, gospels, graduals, offertoria, se- 
creta, communions, postcommunlons, etc., throughout the 
year. The ordinary and canon of the mass are placed in 
the middle of the book, between the proper of Holy Satur- 
day and that of Easter Sunday. After these masses de 
tempore follow the common of saints, votive and special 
masses, etc., and masses allowed to be used In special 
places. The eucholoyion of the Greek Church answers not 
to the missal, but to the original sacramentary. 
The Sacramentary became subdivided into the full 
mass-book or missal properly so named. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, in. It 19. 
As tender and reverential . . . as a nun over her missal. 
0. W. Holmes, Autocrat, U. 
missal-bookt (mis'al-buk), n. The mass-book 
or missal. 
They present to him the Cross, and the Missal-Book to 
swear upon. Uoirell, Letters, I. v. 42. 
missay (mis-sa'), p. [< ME. missayen, myssayen, 
iiii/sxeyen; < mis- 1 + say 1 .] I. trans. If. To say 
or utter wrongly or amiss. 
Lest any thing in general might be missaid in their pub- 
lick Prayers through ignorance, or want of care, contrary 
to the faith. MMon, Animadversions, $ . 
2. To speak ill of; slander. [Obsolete or ar- 
chaic.] 
Itissynne. . . whan thathebyllghtnesseor foliemw*- 
seyeth or (cornet h his neighebore. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
Be thow no chyder, ne of wordys boold 
To myssay thy neyghbors nouther yong ne oolde. 
llabces Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. 
Far liefer had I fight a score of times 
Than hear thee so missay me and revile. 
Tennyson, Gareth and I.ynctte. 
3f. To reproach ; rebuke. 
And mysseide the lewes manliche and manaced hem to 
bete. Piers Plowman (B), xvi. 127. 
H.t intrans. To speak amiss; speak ill. 
Now mercie swete, yf I myssey. 
Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite, 1. 317. 
missayert (mis-sa'er), n. One who missays ; an 
evil-speaker. 
And if that any missayere. 
Despise women, . . . 
Blame him, and bidde him holde him (title. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 2231. 
misscript (mis-skripf), n. [< mis- 1 + script.] 
A word wrongly or incorrectly written. F. Hall, 
Mod. Eng., p. 175, note. 
missee (mis-se'), . ; pret. misxaw, vp. misseen, 
ppr. misseeing. [< mis- 1 + see, r.] I. trans. To 
take a wrong view of; see in a false or distort- 
ed form. 
Success may blind him, and then he misteei the facts 
and conies to ruin. Carlyle, In Froude. 
The average man, ... by conforming himself to the 
common convention of the crowd, . . . secures himself 
from being much misteen. Xeie Princeton Rev., II. 6. 
II. intrans. To take a wrong, false, or dis- 
torted view; see inaccurately or imperfectly. 
Herein he fundamentally mistook, missaic, and mis went. 
Carlyle, Misc., IV. 236. (Encyc. Diet.) 
misseek(mis-sek'). r. t.: pret. and pp. misxought, 
ppr. misseeking. [<//.-' + .trek. ] To seek or 
search for in a wrong way or wrong direction. 
And yet the thing that most 1s your desire 
You do misseke. 
Wyatt, Of the Meane and Sure Estate. 
misseemingt, n. [< mis- 1 + seeming, a.] Mis- 
becoming; unbecoming; sorry. 
For never knight I saw In such miaeeminy plight 
Spenser, F. Q.,1. ix. 23. 
misseemingt,''. [< mis- 1 + seeming, n.] Simu- 
lation. 
With her witchcraft and mixteeming sweete. 
Spenser, F.Q.,1. vU. 50. 
missel (mis'l), . Same as mistlethrush. Imp. 
Diet. 
misseldinet, misseldent, . Obsolete variants 
of inixtlrtnc. 
misselthnish, . See mistlethrush. 
misseltoet, . An obsolete spelling of mistletoe. 
missiie 
missel-tree Cmis'l-tre;. //. In British (iniana, a 
nioilei-ale-si/ec| Ire.-. /;.'///././ ././//,,, 
tin- natural order Mel<i*tomace<. It bean a six- 
celled berry, Itavored like raspberry, seated In a permanent 
yellow bcll-shaix.il calyx. .s',,,iw,, dirt. hoHioinlc Plant*. 
missemhlancet 'mis-sem'biaiiM, . [< mis- 1 + 
*i mliiitnce.] False resemblance, 
missend (mis-send' i. / . I. \ pret. nndpp. mistent. 
ppr. HHXSI inlim/. |< ////--I + srml.] To send 
amiss or incorrectly: as, to minuend a letter. 
missenset (mis-sens'), r. t. [< mi*- 1 + sense.] 
To give a wrong sense or meaning to. 
Missenring his line*. f'eltham. Resolve*, p. 107. 
missentencet (mis-sen'tng), n. [< mis- 1 + 
sentence.] A wrong or undeserved sentence. 
That mis-sentence, which pronounced by a plain . . . 
man would appear most grow. 
Bp. HaeJret, Abp. Williams, I. 72. (Daviet.) 
misserve (mis-serv'), v. t.-. pret. and pp. mu- 
serred, ppr. misserring. [< ME. missenen; < 
mis- 1 + xerre.] To serve Dadly. 
I was mystrrrtd of my dyncre. 
LytellOesUo/fiobyn Rode (Child's Ballad*, V. 78). 
The good statute, . . . whereby a man may have what 
he thlnketh he hath, and not be abused or misserred In 
that he buy*. Bacon, Judicial Charge. 
misset (mis-set'), r. t.; pret. and pp. misset, 
ppr. misxetting. [< ME. missetten; < mis- 1 + 
set 1 .] To set amiss ; place wrongly. 
Many a worde I oversklpte 
In my tale, for pure fere 
Lest my wordys tnysset were. 
Chaucer, lieath of blanche, I. 1210. 
If, therefore, that boundary of suits Ian oath) be taken 
away, or inisuet, where shall be the end? 
Bacon, Judicial Charge. 
misset (mis-set'), p.a. Outofhumor. [Scotch.] 
Our minnie's sair mil set after her ordinar, sir. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xviii. 
misshape (mis-shap'), r. t.; pret. misshaped, 
pp. misshapen or misshaped, ppr. misshaping. 
[< ME. misshapen; < mis- 1 + shape, r.] To shape 
ill ; give bad form to; deform. 
O was it warwolf in the wood, . . . 
My uin true love, that mis-shaped thee? 
Kempion (Child's Ballads, I. 1 1 H. 
Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, L 171. 
misshape (mis-shap'), . [< mis- 1 + shape, n.] 
A bad or distorted shape or figure ; deformity. 
The one of them . . . did seeme to looke askew, 
That her mis shape much helpt. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. iiL 29. 
misshapen (mis-sha'pn), p. a. Hi-shaped ; de- 
formed; ugly. 
Ther arn mo misshapen a-mong suche heggera 
Than of meny other men that on this molde walken, 
Piers Ploirman (C), x. 171. 
I could rather see the stage filled with agreeable objects 
. . . than see It crowded with withered or mvahapen 
figures. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 1. 
misshapenness (mis-sha'pn-nes), n. The state 
of being misshapen or deformed, 
missheathe (mis-sheTH'), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
misshcathed, ppr. in isshea thing. [< mis- 1 + 
sheathe.] To sheathe amiss or in a wrong 
place. 
This dagger hath nilsta'en, . . . 
And is mis-sheathed in my daughter's bosom! 
SAo*., R. and J., v. 3. 205. 
[In this passage some editions read "And It misihcathed."} 
missificatet (mis'i-fi-kat), r. i. [< ML. missifi- 
catus, pp. of missificare, celebrate mass, < missa, 
mass (see mass 1 ), + ~L.facere, make.] To cele- 
brate mass. [Rare.] 
What can be gather'd hence but that the Prelat would 
still sacrifice? conceave him, readers, he would missijfcate. 
Their altars indeed were in a fair forwardnesse. 
Milton, Church Government, L 5. 
missile (mis'ii), a. and n. [= OF. missile = It. 
missile, < L. missilis, that may be thrown, neut. 
missile, a weapon to be thrown, a javelin, in pi. 
missilia, presents thrown among the people by 
theemperors,< mittere, pp. missus, send: see mis- 
sion.] I. a. Capable of being thrown ; adapted 
to be hurled by the hand, or discharged from a 
weapon, as from a sling, bow, or gun, or from 
a military engine. 
His missile weapon was a lying tongne. 
Which he far off like swiftest lightning flung. 
P. Fletcher, Purple Island. 
We bend the bow, or wing the mistUt dart. Pope. 
II. n. Anything thrown for the purpose of hit- 
ting something; specifically, a weapon or pro- 
jectile designed for throwfng or discharging, 
as a lance, an arrow, a bullet, or a cannon- 
ball. 
Some were whelm'd with missiles of the wall. 
And some were push'd with lances from the rock. 
TVnnywn, Princess, ProL 
