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To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.

To conduct amiss; to mismanage. Johnson. To misconduct one's self, to behave improperly.

To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To diet improperly.

To join unfitly or improperly.

To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.

A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] Barrow.

To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. South. The sweet poison of misused wine. Milton.

To wed improperly.

To yoke improperly.

a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.

The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.

state, but forming a well-known and stable series of salts (osmates), which were formerly improperly called osmites. -- Osmic tetroxide (Chem.), a white volatile crystalline substance, OsO4, the most stable and characteristic of the compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerfu…

ce. It is made from milk of ewes, sometimes with cow's milk added, and is cured in caves. Improperly, a cheese made in imitation of it.

In a manner not to be approved of; improperly. [Obs. & R.] To diminish, by the authority of wise and knowing men, things unjustly and unprobably crept in. Strype.

Improperly; unbecomingly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. M. G. Lewis.