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ain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden.

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

Producing miscarriage. -- n.

the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.

Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.] Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance. Comber.

appointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. In disappointment thou canst…

Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. "His highness' fail of issue." Shak.

Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. Milton. Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. Dryden.

Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange.

The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier.