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You are too much mijiaken in this king: 
Queftion, your grace, the late ambaffadors, 
How modeft in exception, and withal 
How terrible in conftant refolution. Shakefpeare. 
MISTA'KE, f. Mifconception ; error.—Thofe terrors 
are not to be charged upon religion, which proceed either 
from the want of religion, or fuperftitious mijiakes about 
it. Bentley'. 
He never fhall find out fit mate ; but fuch 
As fome misfortune brings him, or mijlalte. Milton. 
MISTA'KE BAY', a large bay on the weft fide of 
the entrance of Davis’s Straits, and to the north of Hud- 
Ion’s Straits. 
MISTA'KEABLE, adj. Liable to be conceived wrong. 
—It is not ft range to fee the difference of a third part in 
fo large an account, if we confider how differently they 
are fet forth in minor and lefs mijlakeable numbers. Brou n. 
MISTA'KEN BAY', a bay on the north-weft coaft of 
the fouthern ifland of New Zealand in the South Pacific 
Ocean, north-eaft from Doubtful Harbour in the direc¬ 
tion of the coaft ; and in lat. 44. 24. S. Ion. 168. 48. E. 
MISTA'KEN CA'PE, the fouth point of the eaftern- 
moft of the Hermit’s Iflands, about three leagues eaft- 
north-eaft from Cape Horn, fouth of Terra del Fuego, 
and at the extremity of South America. Between thefe 
it is fuppofed there is a paffage into Naffau Bay. 
MISTA'KEN POI'NT, to the weftward of Cape Race, 
at the fouth-eall point of the ifland of Newfoundland, and 
to the eaftward of Cape Pine, is fo called becaufe it has 
been frequently miftaken by feamen for Cape Race when 
they firft make Newfoundland from the fouth ward, though 
it is two leagues diftant from it to the weft-north-weft. 
MISTAKENLY, adv. In a miftaken fenfe.—We find 
the ftudious animated with a ftrong paflion for the great 
virtues, as they are mijlakenly called, and utterly forget¬ 
ful of the ordinary ones. Goldfmittis Effays. 
MISTA'KER, j. One who conceives wrong; one who 
judges not right.—I know there is ill ufe made of our 
charity this way, by thofe willing mijlahers who turn it 
to our difadvantage. Bp. Halts Rem. 
MISTA'KING, J‘. The aft of taking one perfon or 
thing for another. An error; a miftake.—Seeing God 
found folly in his angels; men’s judgments, which in¬ 
habit thefe houfes of clay, cannot be without their mij- 
lakings. Ralegh's Hiflory of the World. 
I’ve done thee worthy fervice 5 
Told thee no lies, made no mijlahings. Shakefpeare. 
MISTA'KINGLY, adv. Erroneoufly; falfely.—The er¬ 
ror is not in the eye, but in the eftimative faculty, which 
•miftakingly concludes that colour to belong to the wall 
which does indeed belong to the objeft. Boyle on Colours. 
To MISTA'TE, v. a. To ftate wrong.—They mijlate 
the queftion when they talk of prefling ceremonies. 
Bp. Sanderfon. 
MISTA'TEMENT, f. A wrong ftatement.—There is 
in this paffage a mijlatement of important circumftances. 
Burgefs on the Divinity of (thrift. 
To MISTE'ACH, v. a. To teach wrong.--Such guides 
fhall be fet over the feveral congregations as will be fure 
to mifteacli them. Bp. Sanderfon. —The extravagances of 
the lewdeft life are the more confummate diforders of a 
miftaught or neglefted youth. L'Eftrange. 
MISTE'ACHING, f, The aft of teaching wrong. 
MIS'TEK, a town of Moravia, in the circle of Prerau: 
feven miles eaft-north-eaft of Freyburg. 
MIS'TELFELD, a town of Bavaria, in the bifhopric 
of Bamberg : three miles north-weft of Lichtenfels. 
MIS'TELGAN, a town of Germany, in the principa¬ 
lity of Culmbach: four miles fouth of Bayreuth. 
To MISTELL', v. a. To tell unfaithfully or inaccu¬ 
rately ; to reckon wrong. 
MISTELL'ING, f. The aft of reckoning wrong; of 
giving wrong information. 
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MIS'TELPACH, a town of Auftria : ten miles weft of 
Zifterftorff, and eighteen north of Vienna. 
To MISTEM'PER, v. a. To temper ill 5 to diforder: 
This inundation of mi [temper'd humour, 
Refts by you only to be qualified. Shakefpeare. 
MISTEM'PER ING, f. The aft of tempering amifs. 
MIS'TER, f \meftier, a trade.] A myftery, a trade, a 
profeflion ; need, neceflity. Chaucer. 
MISTER, adj. Diftinguilhing the occupation; belong¬ 
ing to a particular kind; referring to a particular fort. 
The redcrofs knight toward him crofted faft. 
To weet what mij'ter white was fo difmay’d, 
There him he finds all fenfelefs and aghaft. Spencer, 
Thefe mifter arts been better fitting thee. 
Whole drooping days are drawing tow’rds the earth. 
Drayton. 
MIS'TER, f [corrupted from incfter .] Mafter ; a title 
of common refpeft. 
To MISTER, v.n. [mi/la, Goth, to lofe.] To occafion 
lofs. Obfolete. —As for ray name, it miftreth not to tell. 
Spenfer. 
To MISTER'M, v. a. To term erroneoufly: 
Hence banilhed, is banilh’d from the world; 
And world exil’d is death. That banilhed 
Is death mijlerm'd. Shakefpeare. 
MISTER'MING, f. The aft of terming or calling 
amifs. 
MIS'TERY, f [an uncommon but fuppofed to be a 
correft fpelling, from the French mejlier. ] A trade; a 
calling. Warburton. 
MIST'FUL, adj. Clouded as with a mift; dim, as if in 
a mift. Warburton. 
Hearing this, I mull perforce compound 
With mijlful eyes, or they will iflue too. Shakefpeare. 
To MISTHIN'K, v. a. To think ill; to think wrong: 
How will the country, for thefe woeful chances, 
Mifthink the king, and not be fatisfy’d. Shakefpeare. 
MISTHINK'ING, ft The aft of thinking wrong. 
MISTHO'UGHT, ft. Wrong notion; falfe opinion: 
And fhow’d him how through error and mifthought 
Of our like perfons eath to be difguis’d 
Or his exchange or freedome might be wrought. Spencer. 
MISTHRO'WN, adj. Thrown wrong. Cole. 
MISTI'DINGS, J'. Wrong tidings; falfe intelligence. 
Chaucer. 
MISTILY, adv. Darkly; obfcurely; not plainly: 
Thefe philofophers fpeke fo mi/lily. 
In this craft, that men cannot come thereby. Chaucer. 
To MISTI'ME, v.a. Not to time right; not to adapt 
properly with regard to time..—How often is a hafty and 
unregarded expreilion, an incautious and mi/limed reproof, 
or an inconfiderable and accidental trefpafs, aggravated 
and blown up into a lafting variance and hatred ! Killing- 
beck's Sermons. 
To MISTI'ME, v. n. To negleft proper time..—Idlenefs; 
ill hulbandry, in mis-timing ; negleft of meet helps. Sea- 
fonable Sermons. 
MISTI'MING, J\ The aft of taking or doing at a 
wrong time. 
MISTINESS, J\ Cloudinefs; ftate of being overcaft.— 
The fpeedy depredation of air upon watry moifture, and 
verfion of the fame into air, appeareth in the fudden va- 
nilhing of vapours from glal’s, or the blade of a fword, 
fuch as doth not at all detain or imbibe the moifture, for 
the miftinefs fcattereth immediately. Bacon's Nat. Hill. 
MIS'TION, f. [Fr. from miftus, Lat.] The ftate of be¬ 
ing mingled.—In animals many aftions are mixt, and de¬ 
pend upon their living form as well as that of miftion ^ 
and, though they wholly feem to retain unto the body, 
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