| • |
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman
who has not been married. See Mistress, 5. |
| • |
A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of
sixteen. |
| • |
A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4. |
| • |
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the
table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player. |
| • |
To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing,
hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by
being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the
point or meaning of something said. |
| • |
To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to
dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons. |
| • |
To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want
of; to mourn the loss of; to want. |
| • |
To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true
direction. |
| • |
To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of. |
| • |
To go wrong; to err. |
| • |
To be absent, deficient, or wanting. |
| • |
The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc. |
| • |
Loss; want; felt absence. |
| • |
Mistake; error; fault. |
| • |
Harm from mistake. |
Verified Answer