misweent (miswen)

i. and t. [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary Full happie man ( misweening much) was hee, So rich a spoile within his power to see. miswendt (mis-wend'), r . i. [ miswenden , miswend an (= OHG. mi a went jan , MHG. mi ewenden ), turn wrong, pervert, go wrong, mis- + wend an , turn, go: see mis -1 and wend1 .] To go wrong; wander; stray. And eche in his complainte telleth How that the worlde is miswent . But things miscounselled must needs miswend. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 128. For-thy he eet mete of more cost, mortrewes and potages. Of that that men myswonne the i maden hem wel at ese. Piers Plowman (C), xvi. 48. miswitt, v. t. [ME. miswiten; v .] To know ill. Is not made drunk with bloud for a Mi -word. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Captaines. misworkt, v. [ miswerken , miswerchen ; work , v.] I. in trans . To work or do ill. Cheresche here & chaste zif that chaunce falles That sche wold miswerche wrongli any time. God is made our idol, and we the mis worshippers of him. Bp . Hall , Sermon at White hall, 1640. miswrencht (mis-rench'), v . t . [ The wardes of the chirche key Through mishandlinge ben miswreint. He [Joseph us] did mis - write some number of the years. Raleigh , Hist. World, II. xxii. § 6. mis wrought (mis-rat'), a. [ wrought .] Badly done. Bacon . misy (mis'i), n. [Also mi y ; mi y; copperas and copiapite . misyoke (mis-yōk'), v . t . and i.; pret. and pp. misyoked , ppr. misyoking . [ mis -1 + yoke , v.] To yoke or join unsuitably. IMG:content-0781.jpg:[blocks in formation] mit, n. See mitt . mit a (mē'tä), n. [Sp., a tribute, payment: see mite2 .] Forced labor in mines, farms, and fac- tories to which the Indians of Peru were for- merly subjected. One seventh of the male population were subject to service for a year, for which they were to be paid, but they could not be taken beyond a specified distance from their homes. mitainet, n. A Middle English form of mitten . mitcal (mit'kal), n. mitcht, n. [ miche (cf. MD. MLG. micke ), miche = Pr. mica , mich a , a small loaf of bread, lit. a crumb, mica , a crumb: see mica1, mie .] A loaf of bread. He that hath mycches tweyne, Ne value in his demeigne, Lyveth more at ese, and more is riche, Than doth he that is chic he. shaped lobes. They are creeping herbs, with opposite round-ovate leaves having minute stipules, and small white fragrant dimorphous flowers, which are axillary or terminal, and grow in pairs. The fruit is a scarlet berry- like double drupe. There are 2 species, an American, M. repens , the partridge-berry, and a Japanese, which, how- ever, may be identical with the American. See partridge- berry . mitel (mit), n. [ mite = MD. mijte , D. mijt = MLG. LG. mite = OHG. mīza , mizz a , MHG. mize , G. (after LG.) miete = Dan. mide (cf. F. mite , Sp. mit a , ML. mit a , maitan = Icel. meita = AS. * mætan , cut: see emmet , ant1 .] 1. A small arachnidan of the order Acarid a ; any acarid. Mites once formed a comprehensive genus Acarus or family Acaridæ , terms not yet obsolete; but, with the introduction of many more genera, the establishment of several fami- lies, and the elevation of the group to the rank of an order, a more elaborate nomenclature has been established, in which neither Acarus nor Acaridæ is retained. (See Aca- rid a.) Adult mites are eight-legged like most arachnidans; but some six-legged immature forms at one time const i- tuted a supposed genus Leptus . (See Leptus , and cut under harvest- tick .) The species of mites are very numerous, di- versified in form, and various in habits. Many are parasitic; others are terrestrial or aquatic; others live in cheese, flour, sugar, etc. Mite is consequently much used in com- position. The cheese-mite or flour-mite is Tyro glyph us siro or T. long i or ; the sugar-mite is Glyciphaga prunorum , or another of the same genus. Such mites compose the fam- ily Tyroglyphidæ , and are among those longer known as species of Acarus or Acaridæ . Itch-mites are Sarcoptidæ , as Sarcoptes scabiei . (See cut under itch -mite.) Mange- mites are Demodicida ; garden-mites or harvest-mites, Trombidiide ; spinning-mites, Tetranychidæ ; beetle-mites or wood-mites, Oribatidæ ; spider-mites, Gamaside ; water- mites, Hydrachnida; snout-mites, Bdellidæ ; gall-mites, Phytoptide . Certain mites, the Ixodidæ , are commonly distinguished as ticks , as Ixodes ricinus (see cut under Aca- rid a ), and those of the family Trombidiidæ are indifferently called harvest -mites, harvest-ticks, harvest- bugs , red - bugs , and by other names. See the compound and technical names. That cheese of itself breeds mites or maggots, I deny. Ray, Works of Creation, ii. Say what the use, were finer optics given, To inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven? Pope , E ay on Man, i. 196. 2. Some insect like or likened to a mite, as a dust-louse ( Psocus ). For life is so high a perfection of being that in this re- spect the least fly or mite is a more noble being than a star. South , Works, III. x. mite2 (mīt), n. [ mite , myte (= OF. mite , a small coin, = Sp . mit a , a payment, a e ment, tribute), mijte , D. mijt , small coin, a mite; prob. akin to mitel , from the same root, Goth. maitan , etc., cut: see mitel .] 1. A small coin of any kind, of slight value; any very small sum of money. No coin seems to have been so called specifically. William wiztli with-oute any more, Greithed him as gaili as any gom thurt bene, Of alle trie a-tir that to knizt longed, So that non mizt a-mend a mite worth, i wene. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4543. And though the number of sheep increase never so fast, yet the price falleth not one mite , because there be so few Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. There came a certain poor widow, and she threw in [i. e. into the treasury] two mites [tr. Gr λεπτόν : see lepton and minute ), which make a farthing. Mark xii. 42. IMG:content-0782.png:[graphic] tion of George III., and some Anglican bishops occasion- ally wear them at the present day. See tiara , and cut un- der auriphrygia . Her golden cup she cast unto the ground, And crowned mitre rudely threw asyde. The Cardinal [Wolsey] sent to the King, to lend him the Mitre and Pall, which he used to wear at any great Solem- nity. Baker , Chronicles, p. 279. His Miter on his head of cloth of siluer, with two long la- bels hanging downe behind his neck. Coryat , Crudities, I. 37 (sig. D). All the old known mitres still in existence have a white ground. Rock , Church of our Fathers, ii. [109, note. There, other trophies deck the truly brave,. Such as on Hough's unsullied Pope , Epil. to Satires, ii. 239. 3. A chimney-cap or -pot of terra-cotta, brick, stone, or metal, designed to ex- clude rain and wind from the flue, while allowing the smoke, etc., to escape; a cowl; hence, anything hav- 14th century. From Semur- ing a similar use. For, like as in a Limbeck th' heat of Fire Raiseth a Vapour, which still mounting higher To the Still's top; when th' odoriferous sweat Above the Miter can no further get, It, softly thickning, falleth drop by drop. miter 4. In conch., a miter-shell.-5. In carp.: ( a ) A scribe or guide for making saw-cuts to form miter-joints. ( b ) A combined square and miter edge or pattern. (c) Same as miter - joint.-6. A gu et in seamstre es' work, knitting, and the like. Miter gearing. Same as beveled gearing (which see, under gearing ). miter, mitre (mi'ter), v.; pret. and pp. mitered, mitred, ppr. mitering, mitring. [Early mod. E. also myter, mytre; metrare, More than al thy march a uns other thy mytrede bi hopes. Piers Plowman (C), v. 193. From such apostles, O ye mitred heads, Preserve the church! Cowper , Task, ii. 329. 2. To ornament with a miter. Your first e ay was on your native laws; Those having torn with ease and trampled down, Your fangs you fasten'd on the mitred crown. Dryden, Hind and Panther, i. 202. IMG:content-0783.png:[blocks in formation] a a, Miter-joint. two parts is 45°, and Also called miter. mitigate ed by the abutting pieces. Each of the abutting pieces is dre ed to an angle of 45°; when they are dre ed to an angle greater or le than 45° they are generally termed bevel -joints. When the angle formed by the junction of the plane of division bisects this A angle, the joint is sometimes called a half miter - joint. miter-mushroom (mi'tèr-mush "röm), n. kind of mushroom of the genus Helvella, H. crisp a: so named from the shape of the pileus. It grows in woods, and is delicate eating. miter-plane (mi'tér-plān), n. In carp.: ( a ) A plane in which the bit is set at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the stock. The effect of this arrangement is to give the action of the plane the character of a draw-cut. (b) A plane which runs in a race in angular relation to fences or gages, usually adjustable, by which the stuff to be planed is held to the action of the tool. 3. In carp ., to join with a miter-joint; make a miter-joint in. See miter - joint .-4. In needle- work , to change the direction of, as a straight band, border, or the like, by cutting it at an abmiter-shaped (mi'ter-shapt), a . Having the rupt angle, sacrificing a three-cornered piece, and bringing the cut edges together: a term derived from carpenter-work.-5. In book bind ing, to join perfectly, as lines intended to meet at right angles. Cut and mitered string. See string. Mitered abbey or monastery, an abbey or monastery presided over by a mitered abbot. The abbe received a ring, which, however, was not be stowed on any abbot unle his house were a mitred ab bey. Rock , Church of our Fathers, ii. 194. Mitered abbot, back, border, etc. See the nouns. II. in trans. In arch ., to meet in a miter-joint. miter-block (mī'tėr-blok), n. In joinery , a block arranged for sawing pieces to an angle of 45°. E. H. Knight.