M — Miraculize to Miscast (Part 6 of 6)

Miscarriage
(Mis*car"riage) n.

1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.

2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers.

3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

Miscarriageable
(Mis*car"riage*a*ble) a. Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Miscarry
(Mis*car"ry) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Miscarried ; p. pr. & vb. n. Miscarrying.]

1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

My ships have all miscarried.

The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried.

2. To bring forth young before the proper time.

Miscast
(Mis*cast") v. t. To cast or reckon wrongly.

Miscast
(Mis*cast"), n. An erroneous cast or reckoning.