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Show MI b mifantbrope. fro :"‘: Hatre o man kind MisapprLicA'TION. #. /. [mis and application.] Application to a wrong purofe The indiftin€tion of man in the communit of name, or the mifagplication of the a& of on unto another, hath made fome doubt thereof Brown's Vulgar Errours The vigilance of thofe who prefide over thef b charities is fo exemplary, that perfons difpofed t do good can entertain no fufpicions of the mifappli Arterbury cation of their bounty It is our duty to be provident for the future, an to guard againft whatever may lead us into mifappli‘cations of it Rogers Zo Mi1saPPLY . w. a. [mis an To apply to wrong purpofes apply. Virtue itfelf turns vice, being mifapplied And vice fometime by action's dignified. Shake/p The holy treafure was to be referved, and iffue for boly ufes, and not mifapplied to any other ends Howwel He that knows, that whitenefs is the name o . that colour he has obferved in fnow, will not mifapply that word as long as he retains that idea Locke 1 ¢ 7o M1saPPREHE'ND. w.a prebend. [mis and ap Not to underftand rightly VR I fhall give the reade you arguments Locke MisappREHE'NSION. 7. /. [mis and apprebenfion. Miftake; not right appre %8 & erpiza ™8 Zo MisBECO'ME No to art whic is th Boyle t to fuit become @. a. [mis and become. to be unfeemly no Either fhe has a poffibility in that which I thin impofiible, or elfe impofiible loves need not mifbecomie me Sidney What to the dauphin from England =-Scorn and defiance, flight regard, contempt And any thing that may not mifbecom "The mighty fender Shakefpea<e's Henry V That boldnefs which lads get amongft playfellows, has fuch a mixture of rudenefs and illturned confidence, that thofe mifbecoming and dif ingenuous ways of fhifting in the world muft b uniearned to make way for better principles Locke Portius, thou may'ft rely upon my conduét Thy father will not aét what mifbecomes him To ac ill or improperly Missena'vep. adj. [mis and behaved. Untaught; ill-bred; uncivil Happinefs courts thee in her beft array But like a mifbehaw'd and fullen wench Thou pout'ft upon thy fortune and thy love Shakefpeare MisBEHA'VIOUR, #. /. [mis and behaviour.] Ill condu&; bad practice The mifbebaviour of particular perfons does no at all affeét their caufe, fince a man may act laudably in fome refpeéts, who does not fo in others Addifon's Freeholder MisBELIEF. 2. /. [mis and elief.] Falf religion ; a wrong belief MisBELI'EVER. 7. /. [mis and belicver. One that holds a falfe religion, or believes wrongly Yes ifI drew it with a curft inten To take a mifbeliever to my bed It muft be fo Dryden's Don Sebaftian To Misca'LCULATE. @. a. [mis and calculate.] To reckon wrong in fuch a multitud there may be of paffages, feveral mifquoted mifinterpreted, and mifcalculated. Arbuth. on Coins Zo Misca'L nam @. a. [mis and call. improperly T My heart will figh when I mifca it fo. Shakefp The third a&, which conneés propofitions an Ji [#* Misseco'r adj fro them th fchools cal difcourfe ; and we fhall not mifcal it if we name i Misca'RR1AGE. #. /. [mis and carriage. 1. Unhappy event of our undertaking failure ;" ill condué& Refolutions of reforming do not always fatisf juftice, nor prevent vengeance for former mifcarriages King Charles When a counfellor, to fave himfelf Would lay mifcarriages upon his prince Expofing him to publick rage and hate O, 'tis an aét as infamoufly bafe As, fhould a common foldier fculk behind And thruft his general in the front of war. Dryden If the negle¢t or abufe of the liberty he had to examine what would really make for his happinefs, mifleads him, the mifcarriages that follow o it muft be imputed to his own election Locke A great part of that time which the inhabitant of the former earth bad to fpare, and whereo they made fo ill ufe, was now employed in digging and plowing ; and the excefs of fertility whic contributed fo much to their mifcarriages, was retracted and cut off Wuodward's Natural Hiftory Your cures aloud you tel But wifely your mifcarriages conceal Garth How, alas! will he appear in that awful day when' even the failings and wmifcarriages of th righteous fhall not be concealed, though the merc of God be magnified in their pardon Rogers [begot or begotte Unlaw There muft be mifcarriages and abortions; fo MisBEGO TTEN with mis. [@¥# " fully or irregularly begotten Contaminated conclufion 2. Abortion ; a& of bringing forth befor the time Addifon 7o MisBesA'VE. v. 7. [mis and behawe. reafon Glanwville's Scepfis What you mifcal their folly is their care. Dryden We have not mifaffigned the caufe of this phenomenon Boyle Dryden It is a degree of knowledge to be acquainte with the caufes of our ignorance: what we hav to fay under this head, will equally concern ou mifapprebenfions and errors Glanwille 7o Misassi'GN. w. a. [mis and afign. To aflign erroneoufly w]¥ and pufhes into life deducet That may be mifafcribe bare production of nature ,f 129 To leaye the wooden womb henfion Zo M1sascrI'BE. w. a. [mis and aferibe. To afcribe falfly 20 kis The fwvelling rind, with unavailing ftrife After all the care I have taken That your reafonings may lofe none of thei force by my mifapprebending or mifreprefentin them MI M1s bafe 4" And mifbegotten blood, 1 fpill of thine Shakefpeare Your words have taken fuch pains, as if they labour' To bring man-flaughter into form, fet quarrellin Upon the head of valour; which, indeed Is valour mifbegot, and came into the worl ‘When feéts and factions were but newly born Shake[peare The mifbegotten infant grows And, ripe for birth, diftends with deadly throe there die man women with child Graunt ZoMisca'RrY. . n. [mis and carry. 1. To fail; not to have the intende event no to fucceed enterprife ; no tended to reac to beloft in a the effet in Have you not heard of Frederick, the great fol dier, who mifecarried at fea Shakefpeare Our fifter's man is certainly mifcarried Is it concluded he fhall be proteétor -It is'determin'd, not concluded yet Shakefp But fo'it muft be of the king mifcarry, ~ Shate[p If you mifcarry Your bufinefs of the world hath {6 an end And machination ceafes Skakejp. King Lear Sweet Baflanio, my fhips have all mifcarried, m creditors grow cruel, my cftate is very low. Shatc/p I coul mentio fom brought to maturity an projeé whic I hav others which have mi/ carried Addifon's Guardian No wonder that this expedient fhould fo ofte mifcarry, which requires fo much art and genius t arrive at any perfection in it Swifr 2. To bave an abortion Give them a mifcarrying womb and dry breafls Fof. ix 14 So many politick conceptions fo elaboratel formed and wrought, and grown at length ripe fo a delivery, do yet, in the iffue, 7ifcarry and prov abortive South's Sermons His vife mifcarried; but the abortion proved female fetus Pope and Arbuthnot You have proved yourfelf more tender of another's embrios tha th fondef mother are o their own ; for you have preferved every thing tha I mifcarried of Pope MisceLLa'NE. 2. /o [mifecellancus, Lat This is corrupted into maftlin or mefiJin. Mixe corn : as wheat and rye It is thought to be of ufe to make fome mifcellan in cornj as if you fow a few beans with wheat your wheat will be the better Bacon's Nar Hift MiscerLa'NEOUS Lat.] Mingled kinds adj [mifcellancas compofed of variou Being mifcellaneous in many things, he is to b received with fufpicion; for fuch as amafs all relation muf er i fome and without offence b unbelieved in many Brown And what the people but a herd confus'd A mifcellancous rabble who exto Things vulgar, and well weigh'd fcarce worth th praife Miltow's Par. Reg MisCELLA'NEOUSNESS. 7. /. [from smz/cellaneous.] Compofition of various kinds. MUSCELLANY. adj. [ mifcellaneus, Lat. Mixed of various kinds The power of Spain confifteth in a vetera army, compounded of mifcellany forces of all nations Bacon Mi'scerLrany. #. /. A mafs formed ou of various kinds 1 acquit myfelf of the prefumptio lent m name to recommen of havin sifcellanies or work of other men When they have join'd their pericranies Out fkips a book of wifcellanies 7o Misca'sT. w. a. [misan take a wrong account of caff. Poj);‘ Savift T Men mifcaf? their days ; for in their age they deduce the account not from the day of their birth but the year of our Lord wherein they wese born Miscua'sce [l luck hap n. f Browwn's Vidgar Errours [mi an chance. ill fortune; misfortane; mif The lady Cecropia fent him to excufe.the i/ chance of her beafts ranging in that dangerous fort Sidney Extreme dealing had driven her to put herfel with a great lady, by which occafion fhe ha ftumbled upon fuch mifckances as were little fo the honour of her family Sidney View thefe letters, fuall of bad mifchance France is reyolted Shake[p Sleep rock thy brain Henry VI And never come mifchance between us twain Shakefpear Nothing can be a reafonable ground of defpifin 2 man but fome fault chargeable upon him; an nothing can be a fault that is not naturally in man's power to prevent; otherwife it is a man' unhappinefs, his zifchance or calamity, but not hi fault South. S MI'SCHIEF |