Dictionary entry

Miscarry

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mis‐car″ry (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Miscarried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Miscarrying.]

1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

My ships have all miscarried. Shak.

The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak.

2. To bring forth young before the proper time.