v. t. To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [ Obs. ] “If that me mishap.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unhappy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Scup. ] (Zool.) The scup. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To hear incorrectly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. mish-mash, fr. mischen to mix. ] A hodgepodge or hotchpotch; a confused jumble.
n. [ NHeb. mishnāh, i. e., repetition, doubling, explanation (of the divine law), fr. Heb. shānāh to change, to repeat. ] A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.
a. Of or pertaining to the Mishna. [ 1913 Webster ]