Chapter Miscegenation to Misdo of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Chaucer.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs.

Ps. lii. 2.

The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs.

Fuller.

2. Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble. Milton.

The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued.

Swift.

To be in mischief, to be doing harm or causing annoyance. — To make mischief, to do mischief, especially by exciting quarrels. — To play the mischief, to cause great harm; to throw into confusion. [Colloq.]

Syn. — Damage; harm; hurt; injury; detriment; evil; ill. — Mischief, Damage, Harm. Damage is an injury which diminishes the value of a thing; harm is an injury which causes trouble or inconvenience; mischief is an injury which disturbs the order and consistency of things. We often suffer damage or harm from accident, but mischief always springs from perversity or folly.

Mischief
(Mis"chief), v. t. To do harm to. [Obs.] Milton.

Mischiefable
(Mis"chief*a*ble) a. Mischievous. [R.] Lydgate.

Mischiefful
(Mis"chief*ful) a. Mischievous. [Obs.] Foote.

Mischief-maker
(Mis"chief-mak`er) n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

Mischief-making
(Mis"chief-mak`ing), a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. — n. The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

Mischievous
(Mis"chie*vous) a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; — now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." Shak.

This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society.

South.

Syn. — Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive.

— Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. — Mis"chie*vous*ness, n.

Mischna
(Misch"na) n. See Mishna.

Mischnic
(Misch"nic) a. See Mishnic.

Mischoose
(Mis*choose") v. t. [imp. Mischose ; p. p. Mischosen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mischoosing.] To choose wrongly. Milton.

Mischoose
(Mis*choose"), v. i. To make a wrong choice.

Mischristen
(Mis*chris"ten) v. t. To christen wrongly.

Miscibility
(Mis`ci*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. miscibilité.] Capability of being mixed.

Miscible
(Mis"ci*ble) a. [Cf. F. miscible, fr. L. miscere to mix.] Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions. Burke.

Miscitation
(Mis`ci*ta"tion) n. Erroneous citation.