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Mistake (mĭstāk), n. 1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
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Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake. Tillotson.
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2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
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Coloq. No mistake , surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake. [Low]
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Syn. -- Blunder; error; bull. See .
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Mistaken (?), p.a. 1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.
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2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
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Mistakenly, adv. By mistake. Goldsmith.
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Mistakenness, n. Erroneousness.
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Mistaker (?), n. One who mistakes.
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Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
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Mistaking, n. An error; a mistake. Shak.
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Mistakingly, adv. Erroneously.
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Mistaught (mĭst�t), a. [See .] Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange.
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Misteach (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mistaught (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Misteaching.] [AS. mistǣcan.] To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
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Mistell (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mistold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mistelling.] To tell erroneously.
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Mistemper (?), v. t. To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head. Warner.
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This inundation of mistempered humor. Shak.
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Mister (?), n. [See , and cf. .] A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
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To call your name, inquire your where,
Or what you think of Mister Some-one's book,
Or Mister Other's marriage or decease. Mrs. Browning.
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Mister, v. t. To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way. [Colloq.]
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Mister, n. [OF. mistier trade, office, ministry, need, F. métier trade, fr. L. ministerium service, office, ministry. See , trade.] [Written also mester.] 1. A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.]
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In youth he learned had a good mester. Chaucer.
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2. Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] Spenser.
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But telleth me what mester men ye be. Chaucer.
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3. Need; necessity. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Mister, v. i. To be needful or of use. [Obs.]
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As for my name, it mistereth not to tell. Spenser.
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Misterm (?), v. t. To call by a wrong name; to miscall.
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Mistery (?), n. See , a trade.
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Mistful (?), a. Clouded with, or as with, mist.
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Misthink (?), v. i. [See .] To think wrongly. [Obs.] “Adam misthought of her.” Milton.
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Misthink, v. t. To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of. [Obs.] Shak.
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Misthought (?), n. Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Misthrive (?), v. i. To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous. [Obs.]
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Misthrow (?), v. t. To throw wrongly.
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{ Mistic (?), Mistico (?), } n. [Sp. místico.] A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.
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Mistide (?), v. i. [AS. mistīdan. See .] To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune. [Obs.]
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{ Mistigris (?), Mistigri }, n. [F. mistigri.] A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.
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Mistihead (?), n. Mistiness. [Obs.]
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Mistily, adv. With mist; darkly; obscurely.
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Mistime (?), v. t. [AS. mistīmain to turn out ill.] To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.
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mistiming n. The act or process of assigning something to a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
Syn. -- anachronism, misdating.
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Mistiness (?), n. State of being misty.
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Mistion (?), n. [L. mistio, mixtio. See , and cf. .] Mixture. [Obs.]
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Mistitle (?), v. t. To call by a wrong title.
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Mistle (?), v. i. [Eng. mist. See , and .] To fall in very fine drops, as rain; to drizzle.
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Mistletoe (?), n. [AS. misteltān; mistel mistletoe + tān twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw. mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. tān to D. teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. .] (Bot.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] Lindley. Loudon.
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☞ The mistletoe of the United States is Phoradendron serotinum (syn. Phoradendron flavescens), having broader leaves than the European kind. In different regions various similar plants are called by this name. The mistletoe is used as a decoration at Christmas time, and it is a tradition that two persons of the oposite sex finding each other under a mistletoe sprig should kiss.
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Mistonusk (?), n. [From the Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The American badger.
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Mistook (?), imp. & obs. p. p. of .
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Mistradition (?), n. A wrong tradition. “Monsters of mistradition.” Tennyson.
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Mistrain (?), v. t. To train amiss.
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Mistral (?), n. [F., fr. Provençal.] A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.
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Mistranslate (?), v. t. To translate erroneously.
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Mistranslation (?), n. Wrong translation.
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Mistransport (?), v. t. To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Mistreading (?), n. Misstep; misbehavior. “To punish my mistreadings.” Shak.
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Mistreat (?), v. t. To treat amiss; to abuse.
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mistreated adj. physically abused. [Narrower terms: assaulted, molested, raped; battered, beaten; misunderstood ]
Syn. -- abused, ill-treated, maltreated.
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Mistreatment (?), n. Wrong treatment.
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Mistress (?), n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. maîtresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See , , and cf. a young woman.] 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
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The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter!
To be her mistress' mistress! Shak.
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2. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
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A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. Addison.
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3. A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon.
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4. A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a woman having an ongoing usually exclusive sexual relationship with a man, who may provide her with financial support in return; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually; as, both his wife and his mistress attended his funeral. Spectator.
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5. A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
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Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.
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6. A married woman; a wife. [Scot.]
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Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott.
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7. The old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl.
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Coloq. To be one's own mistress , to be exempt from control by another person.
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Mistress, v. i. To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne.
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Mistressship, n. 1. Female rule or dominion.
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2. Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun. [Obs.] Massinger.
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Mistrial (?), n. (Law) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result; a trial which comes to no conclusion, such as a criminal trial which does not produce a unanimous verdict of the jurors.
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Mistrist (?), v. t. To mistrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Mistrow (?), v. i. To think wrongly. [Obs.]
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Mistrust (?), n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton.
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Mistrust, v. t. 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
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I will never mistrust my wife again. Shak.
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2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
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By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers. Shak.
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Mistruster (?), n. One who mistrusts.
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Mistrustful (?), a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
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Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak.
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-- Mistrustfully, adv. -- Mistrustfulness, n.
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Mistrustingly, adv. With distrust or suspicion.
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Mistrustless, a. Having no mistrust or suspicion.
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The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.
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Mistune (?), v. t. To tune wrongly.
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Mistura (?), n. [L. See .] (Med.) (a) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See , n., 4. (b) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops. Dunglison.
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Misturn (?), v. t. To turn amiss; to pervert.
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Mistutor (?), v. t. To instruct amiss.
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Misty (mĭst�), a. [Compar. Mistier (mĭstĭẽr); superl. Mistiest.] [AS. mistig. See . In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.] 1. Accompanied with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, a misty morning; misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
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2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight; to peer into the misty future.
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The more I muse therein [theology],
The mistier it seemeth. Piers Plowman.
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Misunderstand (mĭsŭndẽrstănd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misunderstood (mĭsŭndẽrst�d); p. pr. & vb. n. Misunderstanding.] To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
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Misunderstander (mĭsŭndẽrstăndẽr), n. One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.
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Misunderstanding, n. 1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon.
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2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. “Misunderstandings among friends.” Swift.
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Misurato (mēs�rät�), a. [It.] (Mus.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
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Misusage (mĭsūz�j), n. [Cf. F. mésusage.] Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser.
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Misuse (mĭsūz), v. t. [F. mésuser. See , prefix from French, and .] 1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. South.
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The sweet poison of misused wine. Milton.
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2. To abuse; to treat ill.
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O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. Shak.
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Syn. -- To maltreat; abuse; misemploy; misapply.
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Misuse (mĭsūs), n. 1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.
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Words little suspected for any such misuse. Locke.
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2. Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] Shak.
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Misusement (?), n. Misuse. [Obs.]
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Misuser (?), n. 1. One who misuses. “Wretched misusers of language.” Coleridge.
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2. (Law) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. Bouvier.
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Misvalue (?), v. t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
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But for I am so young, I dread my work
Wot be misvalued both of old and young. W. Browne.
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Misvouch (?), v. t. To vouch falsely.
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Miswander (?), v. i. To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Misway (?), n. A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Miswear (?), v. t. To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Miswed (?), v. t. To wed improperly.
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Misween (?), v. i. To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Miswend (?), v. i. To go wrong; to go astray. [Obs.] “The world is miswent.” Gower.
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Misword (?), v. t. To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.
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Misword, n. A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. [Obs.] Sylvester. Breton.
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Misworship (?), n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall.
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Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle.
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Misworship, v. t. To worship wrongly. Bp. Hall.
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Misworshiper (?), n. One who worships wrongly.
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Miswrite (?), v. t. To write incorrectly.
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Miswrought (?), a. Badly wrought. Bacon.
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Misy (?), n. [Cf. L. misy a mineral, perh. copperas, Gr. �.] (Min.) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.
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Misyoke (?), v. t. To yoke improperly.
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Miszealous (?), a. Mistakenly zealous. [Obs.]
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Mite (mīt), n. [AS. mīte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. mīza; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.] 1. (Zoöl.) A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the dust mite, cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, three-toed spider mite, etc. See .
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2. [D. mijt; prob. the same word.] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
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Two mites, which make a farthing. Mark xii. 49.
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3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
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4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
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For in effect they be not worth a myte. Chaucer.
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Mitella prop. n. A genus of low slender herbs of North America and Northeast Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals.
Syn. -- genus Mitella.
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{ Miter, Mitre } (?), n. [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban, Gr. �.] 1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. Fairholt.
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2. The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
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3. (Numis.) A sort of base money or coin.
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Coloq. Miter box (Carp. & Print.), an apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides. -- Coloq. Miter dovetail (Carp.), a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle. -- Coloq. Miter gauge (Carp.), a gauge for determining the angle of a miter. -- Coloq. Miter joint , a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle, such as the edges of a window frame, and the edge of each piece at the point of junction is cut at a 45° angle to its long direction. See , 2. -- Coloq. Miter shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus Mitra. -- Coloq. Miter square (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45°, for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle. -- Coloq. Miter wheels , a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles.
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{ Miter, Mitre }, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitered (?) or Mitred; p. pr. & vb. n. Mitering (?) or Mitring.] 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. [wns=2] “Mitered locks.” Milton.
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2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to fit together in a miter joint. [wns=3]
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3. To bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. [wns=1]
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{ Miter, Mitre }, v. i. To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
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Miterwort (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap.
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Coloq. False miterwort , a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States (Tiarella cardifolia).
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Mithic (?), a. See .
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Mithra, Mithras (?), prop. n. [L., from Gr. �.] The sun god of the ancient Persians; the god of light and truth.
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mithraic mithraistic adj. Of or pertaining to Mithraism.
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Mithraicism prop. n. Mithraism.
Syn. -- .
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Mithraism prop. n. The ancient Persian religion which worshiped Mithra; it was popular among Romans during first three centuries a. d.
Syn. -- Mithraicism.
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Mithraist prop. n. An adherent of Mithraism.
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Mithridate (?), n. (Med.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.
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[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice. Southey.
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