misstep

[MISSTEP, v.] A wrong or false step. *mis-suc-çeēd', v. i. [Pref. mis- , and Eng. succeed (q. v.).] To turn out ill. "By the mis succeeding of matters."-Fuller: Worthies, ii. 7. mis sound', v . t . [Pref. mis-, and Eng. sound (q. v.).] To sound or pronounce wrongly or ami , Mi -ou-ri, s. [Am. Indian=muddy water; named from the Mi ouri river.) One of the States of the U. S. A., bounded W. by Kansas and the Indian Territory, N. by Iowa, E. by the Mi i ippi, which divides it from Illinois, Kentucky and Tenne ee, and S. by Arkansas, Area, 69,415 square miles. Mi ouri was originally a portion of the Territory of Louisiana, purchased by the United States from France in 1803, and when the State of Louisiana (q. v.)] To suit ill. was formed, in 1812, the remainder of the Territory was named Mi ouri, from which the State of Mi ouri was formed and admitted into the Union June 26, 1821. Most of the soil is fertile. Corn is the staple growth. Coal, iron, lead, zinc and salt are mined. Principal cities, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Springfield, and Jefferson City, the capital. Mi ouri Compromise, s. Hist.: A name popularly given to an Act of the American Congre , pa ed in 1820, and intended to reconcile the Pro and Anti-slavery parties. By this Act it was determined that Mi ouri should be admitted into the Union as a slaveholding state, but that slavery should never be established in any state, to be formed in the future, lying north of latitude 36° 30'. Mi ouri-rattlesnake, s . Zool.: Crotal us confluent us (Say). A slender snake, from two to three feet long. It is found from California to Utah, but the Yellow stone is its favorite locality. mis-soy', s. [MASSOY.] *mis-suc-çě ', s. [Pref. mis- , and Eng. succe (q. v.).] Ill-succe . *mis-sug-ġěs-tion (i as y), s. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. suggestion (q.v.).] A wrong or evil suggestion. *mis suit, v . t . [Pref. mis- , and English suit , v. "Mi uiting a great man most." Mrs. Browning : Napoleon III . in Italy . mis-sum-mā-tion, s. [Pref. mis- , and English summation (q. v.).] A wrong summation. "A mis sum at i on in a fitted account."- Scott : Rob Roy, ch. ii. *mis'-sure (sure as shūr), s. [Latin mi urus fut. par. of mit to =to send.] A mi ion. "The mi ure I send you." -Adams: Works , ii. 110. *mis-sway', v. t. [Pref. mis- , and English sway (q. v.).] To misrule. "Through mi waying it seem'd to decline." Davies: Microcosmos , p. 60. mis-swear', v. i. [Pref. mis- , and English swear (q. v.).] To swear falsely; to forswear one's self. *mis-swörn, pa . par . or a . [MISS WEAR.] *mis-sỹ, a . [English mi (1) s.; -y.] Mi ish, affected, sentimental. "The common nam by-pam by little mi y phrase." - Mi Edge worth : Helen , ch. xxviii.