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Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [R.] Bp. Hall.

, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak.

To cast or reckon wrongly.

A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

Of or pertaining to miscellanies. Shaftesbury. -- n.

A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. Bacon.

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.

A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

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.

To misjudge. [Obs.] Daniel. -- n.

Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. Shak.

Unlucky. R. Browning.

To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.

A mistake in charging.

vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. Chaucer. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. Ps. lii. 2. The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs. Fuller.

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. -- n.

Mischievous. [R.] Lydgate.

Mischievous. [Obs.] Foote.