MISCARRIAGE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden.

2.
n.

Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers.

3.
n.

The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.