MISHAP

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer. Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. Shak.

2.
v.

To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." Chaucer.


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