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To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke.

One who mislays.

To dissatisfy. [Obs.]

To say wrongly.

Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.

A muræna.

The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish.

A sword. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. [Obs.] Bacon.

A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who designated the second Sunday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as…

A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance.

A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.

er to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Acts xvi. 37.…

A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne deny his sin." Chaucer.

The negative side. [R.] Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak.

A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak.

the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.