misween 
Full happlc man (niiv,ii'n.i much) was hee, 
So rich a upoile within his PHWIT t" *>>. 
Spenier, Astruphel, 1. 100. 
r. i. [< MK. IHIHH-I iiili-ii, 
int*l in i/t/in/ , \l i !< ' . 
'*- 1 + .-/- 
miswendt (mis-wend' i. . . 
< AS. niirtu-eiutiiii ( = < Illl i. 
3803 
miszealous (>nis-/..-i'iiH), a. [< 
.v. ] Ai-tiniti'd by false zeal. 
Go on now, ye miatalmu spirits. 
lip. Hall, Noah's Dove. 
H. S.-r mitt. 
miter 
We usually obaenre the same routine. I put down my 
ntitr flnt the y young family eincjll tin ir omtiilm- 
and then Mr. nrdlok l.ilnKi up the rear. 
Kdceia, Bleak House, vlll. 
tlllllS, 
. , 
ix* ii-i iidm), turn \vrmii:, pervert, go wrong, < mitk (me'tii), . [Sp., a tribute, payment: see 
' 
mix- + irrnilan, turn, go: see mix- 1 uiul Irani*.] 
To go wrong; wander; stray. 
And echo in his complalnte telleth 
How tliat the worlde Is miner/if. 
tinierr, Conf. Ainnnt., Prol. 
/!'/<'-'. ] Korrrd labor in mines, farms, and fac- 
tories to whieli the Indians of Peru were for- 
merly subjected. One seventh of the male population 
were subject to service for a year, for which they were 
to be paid, but they could not be taken beyond a specified 
But things mlscounselled must needs mumnd. 
Spmter, Mother Hub. Tale, ' 
miswint, '' t. [ME. mixa-iim/iii ; < mi'*- 1 + ii'/n.J 
To obtain by fraud or cheating. 
Kor-lliy he eet mete of more cost, mortrewes and potages. 
Of tliat that men mytwonne thel maden hem wel at cse. 
- iiiiin <c). \vi. i-. 
distance from their horn 
128. mitainet, A Middle English form of mitten 
mitcal (mit'kal), . 
, Same as mi.sV.vi/. 
mitcht, n. [< ME. micche, mycche, miche (cf. MD. 
MLG. mickc), < OF. miche = Pr. mica, micka, a 
small loaf of bread, lit. a crumb, < L. mica, a 
crumb: see mica 1 , mie.] A loaf of bread. 
He that hath mycchet tweyne, 
Jie valui'ln his demelgnc, 
miswitt, '' t. [ME. miswiteii; < mis- 1 + '"''. 
r.] To know ill. 
miswivet, v. t. andi. [< ME. misiciren; < urn-- 1 
+ ii'i't't?.] To marry unsuitably. 
miswomant, n. [Formerly also muswoman; < mitch-board (mich'bord), n. 
//.<-' + iiviHi'iii.] An evil woman ; a temptress. 
l.yveth more at eae. and more Is rlche, 
Than doth he that Is chiche. 
/torn. qfU. *.. 1. 6686. 
Xaut., a crutch 
for the support of a boom or mast. See erutcA 1 , 
Fly the misKirman, least she thee decelue. 3 (d). [Local. Eug.] 
Remedy of Low, \. 148. Mitchella (mi-chel'a), n. [NL. (Linnaeus, 
1753), named after John Mitchell, a botanist of 
Virginia.] A genus of plants of the natural 
order Rubiacea: and the tribe Anthosperntea; 
characterized by having perfect flowers with a 
funnel-shaped corolla, which is from three- to 
six-lobed, the stamens inserted upon its throat, 
and by the hairy style, which has four thread- 
shaped lobes. They are creeping herbs, with ouyuttl 
round-ovate leaves having minute stipules, and small 
miswontingt, [< mis- 1 -I- wonting.] Disuse; 
want of practice. 
These feeble beginnings of luke warme grace ... by 
mimeuutini/ perish. Bp. HaU, Divine Meditation, vii. 
mis-wordt (mis-werd'), n. [< ME. misword (= 
MHO. mis-iFort); < mis- 1 + word.] 1. A curse. 
2. A word uttered amiss. 
The Tyrants sword 
Is not made drunk with bloud for a ilis-viard. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, 11., The Captaines. 
misworkt, i'. [< ME. miawerken, mimeerehen : < 
mi*- 1 + work, .] I. intrans. To work or do ill. 
Cheresche here & chaste jif that chaunce falles 
That sche wold mixwerche wrongli any time. 
William of Paterae (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 5148. 
II. trans. To do or make badly. 
Which law [5 Ellz., c. 4], being generally transgressed, 
makes the people buy in effect chaff for corn ; for that 
which is munerouyht will miswear. Bacon, Judicial Charge. 
misworship (mis-wer'sliip), n. [< mi*- 1 + wor- 
ship, n.] Worship of a wrong object; false 
worship. 
In respect of misworship, he was the son of the first Jere- 
in ih, mi. who made Israel to sin. 
Bp. Hall, Joash with Elisha Dying. 
Such hideous jungle of mimvorihipt, misbeliefs, men 
made as we are did actually hold by and live at home in. 
Cartijle. 
misworship (mis-wer'ship), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
misworshiped or misicorshipped, ppr. misworship- 
ing or mistoorshipping. [< mis- 1 + worship, r.] 
To worship wrongly or improperly. 
There are not wanting nations . . . which have mis- 
worthipped it [the heaven] for their God. 
Bp. HaU, Soil's Farewell to Earth, :i. 
misworshiper, misworshipper (mis-wer'ship- 
er), n. One who misworships. 
God is made our idol, and we the minconhippen of him. 
/;/V Hull, Sermon at Whitehall, 1640. 
miswrencht (mis-reneh'), v. t. [< mi*- 1 + 
ir reach, i'.] To twist or turn out of the right 
course. 
The wardes of the chirche key 
Through mishandlinge ben miiwreint. 
Gower, Conf. Amant., v. 
miswrite (mis-rit'), v. t.; pret. miswrote, pp. 
iiiixu'ritten, ppr. misieriting. [< ME. miswriten, 
< AS. miswritan, write wrongly, < mis-, wrong- 
ly, + writan, write: see mi*- 1 and icrite.] To 
write incorrectly; make a mistake in writing. 
Chaucer. 
He [Joscphus] did mis-tmte some number of the years. 
Raleigh, Hist. World, II. xxiL a 
2f. An Knglish weight somewhat heavier tlnm 
a grain troy. 3f. An old money of account, tin- 
twenty-fourth part of a penny. 
4 mitei U the aliquot part of a peny. viz. i, for 8 time* 
4 Is 24, and so many wita mmrchants aaalgne tol petty. 
T. Hill, Arithmetic (WOO), III. L 
4. Anything very small ; a very little particle 
or quantity : also applied to persons. 
Now Ich >," saide Lyf, " that surgerye ne phlslke 
May nat a myte avallle to medlen a-jena Ode. 
/fan Plmmfn (CX xxUL 17B. 
I felt lienevolence for her, and resolved some way or 
other to throw in my miU of courtesy, If not of service. 
Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 1. 
The White Sulphur waters, she said, had not done her * 
mite of good. C. D. Warner, Their 1'llgrlmage, p. 6. 
mited (mi'ted), a. [< mite 1 + -ed^.] Damaged 
or spoiled by insufficient salting, as cured fish. 
Mitella (mi-tel'tt), n. [NL. (Tournefort, 1700), 
< L. mifeH,dim'.'of wiitrii, a turban: see miter.] 
A genus of plants of the natural order Saiifraga- 
ceai and the tribe Saxifraijtn; character! aed by a 
one-celled ovary witn parietal placenta which 
are alternate with the stigmas, five petals which 
are three-cleft or pinnatifid, and a superior cap- 
sule without beaks. They ate herb*, with long-petlo- 
late heart-shaped lobed or crenate leitTea, which have 
membranaceous stipules attached to the petioles, and an 
erect slender scape bearing an elongated raceme of small 
greenish flowers, which are often drooping. There 
species, indigenous to the temperate parts of North Amer- 
ica/one of which is also found In Siberia. M. diphyUa and 
M. nuda are the beat-known. 
berry. 
mite 1 (mil), n. [< ME. mite, mwfe, < AS. mite 
= MD. mijte, D. mijt = MLG. LG. mite = OHG. 
miza, mizja, MHG. mize, G. (after LG.) miete = 
Dan. mirfe (cf. F. mite, Sp. mita, ML. mita, < 
LG.), a mite; prob. lit. 'cutter,' 'biter,' from 
the verb shown in Goth. maitan = Icel. meita = 
AS. "mfStan, cut: see emmet, ant 1 .] 1. A small 
arachnidan of the order Acarida; any acarid. 
Mites onceformedacomprehenslvegenus^conM or family 
Aearidce,terma not yet obsolete ; but.wlththeintroduct Ion 
of many more genera, the establishment of several fami- 
lies, and the elevation of the group to the rank of an order, 
a more elaborate nomenclature has been established, in 
which neither Acana nor Acarida Is retained. (See Aca- 
rida.) Adult mites are eight-legged like most arachnidans; 
but some six-legged Immature forms at one time consti- 
tuted a supposed genus Leptut. (See Leptiu, and cut under 
hanxtt-tid.) The species of mites are very numerous, di- 
versified in form.and various Inhabits. Many are parasitic ; 
others are terrestrial or aquatic ; others live In cheese, 
flour, sugar, etc. Mite Is consequently much used in com- 
position. The cheese-mite or flour-mite is Tyroglyphuitiro 
or T. lonyiiir; the sugar-mite is Glydphaya prunarum, or 
another of the same genus. Such mites compose the fam- 
ily Tyroglyphida, and are among those longer known as 
species of Acana or Acarida. Itch-mites are Sarcoptiate, 
as Sarcoptet scabiei. (See cut under iteh-mih:) Mange- 
mites are Demodicidae; garden-mites or harvest-mites. 
Trombidiidtr; spinning-mites, Tetranychidir ; beetle-mites 
or wood-mites, Oribatidce; spider-mites, Oanuuidtt: water- 
mites, Hydrachnida ; snout-mites, BdeUida;; gall-mites, 
Phytvptidee. Certain mites, the Jxodidte, are commonly 
distinguished as (*, as lxode ricintu (see cut under Aca- 
rida), and those of the family Trmnbidiida are indifferently 
called harccst-miU,hantst-ticltt,harvclt-bug.rtd-bui)t,m& 
by other names. See the compound and technical names. 
That cheese of Itself breeds mitu or maggots, I deny. 
Kay, Works of Creation, U. 
Say what the use, were finer optics given, 
To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heaven? 
Pupt, Essay on Man, I. 196. 
2. Some insect like or likened to a mite, as a 
dust-louse (Psocus). 
For life is so high a perfection of being that In this re- 
spect the least fly ormiteisamore noble being thanastar. 
South, Works, III. x. 
[< ME. mite, myte (= OF. mite, 
ftlrpa, a belt, girdle, fillet, bead-band, turban.] 
1. A form of head-dress anciently worn by the 
inhabitants of Lydia, Phrygia, and other parts 
of Asia Minor. 2. A sacerdotal head-dress, as 
that worn by the ancient Jewish high priest, 
or that worn by a bishop. The Jewish miter was 
made of linen, and wrapped in folds about the head, like 
a turban. Before the fourteenth century the miter In 
the Christian church was 
low and simple; but now 
It consists of a coronet, 
surmounted by a lofty and 
deeply cleft cap. The privi- 
lege of wearing the miter 
In the Roman Catholic 
Church waa a concession 
of the popes, and was for- 
merly exercised by cardi- 
nals and the higher dlgni 
taries. Bishops and abbots 
(if to be mltered)receive the 
miter from the consecrat- 
ing bishop. Three kinds of 
miters are distinguished : 
(1) the precious miter, made 
of gold or silver plate and 
adorned with Jewels, (2) the 
auriphrygiate miter, and (3) 
the simple miter of white 
silk or linen. Thebishopsof 
the Churchof England wore 
miters as late as the corona- 
H T*' Miter French type of 
the t4th century. 
lint the manuscript is all in one simple, undisguised, 
feminine handwriting, and with no interlineation save mitO' 5 (mit), n. _ ... 
only here and there the correction of a mvncriUen word. a gma ll coin, = Sp.mit<i,a payment, assessment, 
The Century, XXXVIII. 799. 
miswrought (mis-rat'), a. [< mix-* + icrougM.'] 
Badly done. Bacon. 
misy (mis'i), . [Also missy; < F. misy, < L. 
miiy, < Gr. ftiav, an ore supposed to be cop- 
peras; perhaps of Egyptian origin.] A sul- 
phur-yellow mineral occurring in loose aggre- 
gations of small crystalline scales. It consists 
of hydrous sulphate of iron, and is derived from the de- 
composition of pyrite. Also called yellow copperat and 
copiapite. 
misyoke (mis-yok'). r. t. and i. ; pret. and pp. 
iiiixyiikfd, ppr. MfeyatbW . [< mi'-v- 1 + yok< . r.} 
To yoke or join unsuitably. 
Perpetually and finally hindered In wedlock, by mt- 
vokinn with a diversity of nature as well as of religion. 
Milton. Divorce, ii. 111. 
tribute). < MD. miy'te, D. my't, small coin, a mite ; 
prob. akin to mite 1 , from the same root, Goth. 
iiiditnii, etc., cut : see mite 1 .] 1. A small coin 
of any kind, of slight value ; any very small sum 
of money. No coin seems to have been so 
called specifically. 
William wijtli with-oute any more, 
Grelthed him as gaili as any gom thurt bene, 
Of alle trie a-tir that to kni -,t longed, 
So that non mlxt a-mend a mite worth, I wene. 
William oj Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 4S4S. 
And though the number of sheep increase nerer so fast, 
yet the price falleth not one mile, because there be so few 
sellers. Sir T. Mare, Vtopia (tr. by Roblnson\ I. 
There came a certain poor widow, and she threw in [i. e. 
into the treasury] two mita [tr. Or AITTOV : see Irpton ana 
minufr], which make a farthing. Mark ill. 42. 
tlon of George III., and some Anglican bishops occasion- 
ally wear them at the present day. See tiara, and cut un- 
der auriphryyia. 
Her golden cup she cast unto the ground, 
And crowned mitre rudely threw asyde. 
Spenier, . Q., I. vilL 2S. 
The Cardinal I Wolsey] sent to the King, to lend him the 
Mitre and Pall, which he used to wear at ny great Solem- 
nity. Baker, Chronicles, p. 279. 
His Miter on his head of cloth of sillier, with two long la- 
bels hanging downe behind his 
" Corjiot, Crudities, I. 37 (slg. DX 
All the old known mitra still in 
existence have a white ground. 
Rode, Church of our Fathers, II. 
I li'.i, note. 
There, other trophies deck the 
truly brave, . . . 
Such as on Hough's unsullied 
mitre shine. 
Pope, EpiL to Satires, 11. 239. 
3. A chimney-cap or -pot 
of terra-cotta, brick, stone, 
or metal, designed to ex- 
clude rain and wind from 
the flue, while allowing the 
smoke, etc., to escape; a MlW , ats i iK A pottery: 
cowl; hence, anything hav- u ' k S* r t T Z' s * nlut ' 
ing a similar use. 
For like aa In a Limbeck t h - heat of Fire 
Ralseth a Vapour, which still mounting higher 
To the Still's top ; when th' odoriferous sweat 
Above the Miter can no further get. 
It, softly thickning. falleth drop by drop. 
tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, L 3. 
