Miss, mis, n. a title of address of an unmarried female: a young woman or girl: (obs.) a kept mistress:—pl. Miss′es—either the 'Miss Hepburns' or the 'Misses Hepburn' may be said, but the latter is preferable.—n. Miss′-Nan′cy, a very effeminate young man. [Contr. of mistress.]
Miss, mis, v.t. to fail to hit, reach, find, or keep: to omit: to fail to have: to discover the absence of: to feel the want of: to fail to observe: to leave out.—v.i. to fail to hit or obtain: to go wrong.—n. a failure to hit the mark: loss.—Miss fire, to fail to go off or explode from some cause; Miss one's tip (slang), to fail in one's plan or attempt; Miss stays (naut.), to fail in going about from one tack to another. [A.S. missan; Dut. missen, to miss.]
Missal, mis′al, n. the book which contains the complete service for mass throughout the year. [Low L. missale, from missa, mass.]
Missay, mis-sā′, v.i. to say or speak incorrectly or falsely.—v.t. to utter amiss: to slander.
Missee, mis-sē′, v.t. and v.i. to see falsely or erroneously, to take a distorted view.
Misseem, mis-sēm′, v.i. (Spens.) to seem or appear falsely, to misbecome.—p.adj. Misseem′ing, unbecoming.—n. false appearance.
Missel, mis′l, n. the largest of the European thrushes—supposed to be fond of the berries of the mistletoe.—Also Miss′el-bird, Miss′el-thrush.
Misseltoe. See Mistletoe.
Missel-tree, mis′l-trē, n. a tree of the Melastoma family in British Guiana.
Misset, mis-set′, v.t. to set or place wrongly or unfitly.—p.adj. (Scot.) out of humour.