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Miss (mĭs), n.;
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&hand_; There is diversity of usage in the application of this title to two or more persons of the same name. We may write either
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2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
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Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses,
Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses.
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3. A kept mistress. See
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4. (Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
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Miss, v. t.
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When a man
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2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
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She would never
A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
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We cannot
Fetch in our wood.
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3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one.
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Neither
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What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt
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Miss (mĭs), v. i. 1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
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Men observe when things hit, and not when they
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Flying bullets now,
To execute his rage, appear too slow;
They
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2. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with
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Upon the least reflection, we can not
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3. To go wrong; to err. [Obs.]
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Amongst the angels, a whole legion
Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss;
What wonder then if one, of women all, did
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4. To be absent, deficient, or wanting. [Obs.]
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What here shall
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Miss, n. 1. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
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2. Loss; want; felt absence. [Obs.]
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There will be no great
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3. Mistake; error; fault.
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He did without any great
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4. Harm from mistake. [Obs.]
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