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. [ Also spelled mishmosh. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. [ Written also Mischna. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Mishna. [ 1913 Webster ]