missIsh

[Eng. mi (1), s.; -ish.] Like a mi ; prim, affected, lackadaisical. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. mi ishne mi -Ish-ne , s. [Eng. mi ish; -ne .] The airs or affectation of a young mi ; primne , affectation. "I have lost him by my own want of decision-my own mi ishne rather, in liking to have lovers, in order to tease them." -T. Hook : All in the Wrong , ch. ii. Mi -is-sipp-1, s. [Am. Indian=the Father of Waters; named from the Mi i ippi river.] One of the States of the U. S. A., nicknamed "the Bayou State." Bounded W. by the Mi i ippi river, which separates it from Arkansas and Louisiana; N. by Tenne ee, E. by Alabama, and S. by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. Area, 46.810 square miles. It was first visited by Europe ans about 1540, when De Soto, with 1,000 followers, cro ed the State on an exploring expedition from Florida. The settlement at Fort Rosalie (now Natchez) in 1716, by some French men under Bienville, was the first permanent colony. Mi i ippi Territory was organized in 1798, and admitted as a State December 10, 1817. The soil is very rich, producing much pasture, corn, tobacco, cotton and sweet potatoes. Great quantities of strawberries, melons and vegetables are cultivated for Northern markets. Peaches, figs, oranges, plums, cherries and grapes are raised in abundance. Principal cities, Vicksburg, the metropolis; Meridian, Natchez, and Jackson, the capital. Mi i ippi-alligator, s . Zoology : Alligator lucius , sometimes called the Pike-headed Alligator. Length, from fourteen to fifteen feet; deep greenish-brown above, yellow below, with the sides more or le striped. Fish forms their staple food, but it is said that they sometimes attack large quadrupeds, and even human beings. *mis-sit', v . t . [Pref. mis- , and Eng. sit (q. v.).] To sit ill upon; to misbecome. mi -Ive, a. & s. [Fr., from Lat. mi us, pa. par. of mit to to send.] *A. As adjective : 1. Sent or proceeding from an authoritative source. 2. Fitted or intended to be thrown, hurled, or projected; mi ile. "At rides first discharg'd the mi ive spear." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xi. 299. B. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. That which is sent or dispatched; an announcement or injunction sent by a me enger; a me age, a letter. *2. A person sent; a me enger. "While I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came mi ives from the king, who all-hail'd me Thane of Cawdor."Shakesp.: Macbeth , i. 5. II. Scots Law : A letter interchanged between parties, in which the one party offers to buy or sell, or enter into any contract, on certain conditions, and the other party accepts the offer completing the contract. *mi -maze, s. [MIZMAZE.] IMG:content-1279.png:[blocks in formation] mis-spěll', v. t. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. spell, v. (q.v.)] To spell wrongly or incorrectly. mis-spěll-ing, s. [MISSPELL.) A wrong spelling of a word.