MISCELLANY

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2.
a.

Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] Bacon.