Defn: To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse. [R.]
Chaucer.
MISNAME
Mis*name", v. t.
Defn: To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.
MISNOMER
Mis*no"mer, n. Etym: [OF. pref. mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) +
F. nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen name. See Name.]
Defn: The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary "reforms". Burke. The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer. Whatel
MISNOMER
Mis*no"mer, v. t.
Defn: To misname. [R.]
MISNUMBER
Mis*num"ber, v. t.
Defn: To number wrongly.
MISNURTURE
Mis*nur"ture, v. t.