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MISS n. 15 definitions
A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen. Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses. Cawthorn.
MISSA n.
The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
MISSAL a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book. Bp. Hall.
MISSAY v. 3 definitions
To say wrongly.
MISSEEK v.
To seek for wrongly. [Obs.]
MISSEEM v. 2 definitions
To make a false appearance. [Obs.]
MISSEL n.
Mistletoe. [Obs.] Missel bird, Missel thrush (Zoöl.), a large European thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel.
MISSELDINE n.
The mistletoe. [Obs.] Baret.
MISSELTOE n.
See Mistletoe.
MISSEMBLANCE n.
False resemblance or semblance. [Obs.]
MISSEND v.
To send amiss or incorrectly.
MISSERVE v.
To serve unfaithfully.
MISSET v.
To set pr place wrongly.
MISSHAPE v.
To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform. "Figures monstrous and misshaped." Pope.
MISSHAPEN a.
Having a bad or ugly form. "The mountains are misshapen." Bentley. -- Mis*shap"en*ly, adv. -- Mis*shap"en*ness, n.
MISSHEATHED a.
Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place. Shak.
MISSIFICATE v.
To perform Mass. [Obs.] Milton.
MISSILE a. 2 definitions
strument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.
MISSING a.
o be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for. Neither was there aught missing unto them. 1 Sam. xxv. 7. For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, and missing long. Milton.
MISSINGLY adv.
With a sense of loss. [Obs.] Shak.
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