Mis‐car″riage (?), n. 1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.
When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden.
2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers.
3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.