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Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude. "A misbehaved and sullen wench." Shak.

Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison.

To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.

To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More.

ignificant obstacle or difficulty. Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South.

A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

A stupid person. [Colloq.] C. Reade. -- Mud"dle-head`ed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens.

An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.

A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes. Ps. v. (heading).

A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.

A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

See Houndfish.

An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

Same as Glyoxal.

The state of being a page.

A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.

A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.

An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings. [Written also Pahlavi.]

An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. [R.] Sir T. Browne.