Webster's Dictionary 1913

4051

Mistide

Mis‐tide″ (?), v. i. [AS. mistīdan. See Tide.] To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune.

4052

Mistigris

{ ‖Mis′ti′gris″ (?), ‖Mis′ti′gri″ }, n. [F. mistigri.] A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.

4053

Mistihead

Mist″i‐head (?), n. Mistiness.

4054

Mistily

Mist″i‐ly, adv. With mist; darkly; obscurely.

4055

Mistime

Mis‐time″ (?), v. t. [AS. mistīmain to turn out ill.] To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.

4056

Mistiness

Mist″i‐ness (?), n. State of being misty.

4057

Mistion

Mis″tion (?), n. [L. mistio, mixtio. See Mix, and cf. Mixtion.] Mixture.

4058

Mistitle

Mis‐ti″tle (?), v. t. To call by a wrong title.

4059

Mistle

Mis″tle (?), v. i. [Eng. mist. See Misle, and Mizzle.] To fall in very fine drops, as rain.

4060

Mistletoe

Mis″tle‐toe (?), 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. ze...

4061

Mistonusk

‖Mis″to‐nusk (?), n.(Zoöl.) The American badger.

4062

Mistook

Mis‐took″ (?), imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.

4063

Mistradition

Mis′tra‐di″tion (?), n. A wrong tradition. “Monsters of mistradition.” Tennyson.

4064

Mistrain

Mis‐train″ (?), v. t. To train amiss.

4065

Mistral

Mis″tral (?), n. A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.

4066

Mistranslate

Mis′trans‐late″ (?), v. t. To translate erroneously.

4067

Mistranslation

Mis′trans‐la″tion (?), n. Wrong translation.

4068

Mistransport

Mis′trans‐port″ (?), v. t. To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall.

4069

Mistreading

Mis‐tread″ing (?), n. Misstep; misbehavior. “To punish my mistreadings.” Shak.

4070

Mistreat

Mis‐treat″ (?), v. t. To treat amiss; to abuse.

4071

Mistreatment

Mis‐treat″ment (?), n. Wrong treatment.

4072

Mistress

Mis″tress (?), n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. maîtresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See Master, Mister, and cf. Miss a young woman.] 1. A woman h...

4073

Mistress (2)

Mis″tress, v. i. To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. Donne.

4074

Mistressship

Mis″tress‐ship, n. 1. Female rule or dominion.2. Ladyship, a style of address; — with the personal pronoun. Massinger.

4075

Mistrial

Mis‐tri″al (?), n.(Law) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.

4076

Mistrist

Mis‐trist″ (?), v. t. To mistrust. Chaucer.

4077

Mistrow

Mis‐trow″ (?), v. i. To think wrongly.