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Definition of Missaying
1. missay [v] - See also: missay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missaying
Literary usage of Missaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"missaying, s. Calumny, or depreciation. Mentioned in the list of Artillery, in
Edinburgh Castle. Apparently, fireworks, from Fr. ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble by Thomas Malory, Edward Strachey, William Caxton (1901)
"... for the more ye said the more ye angered me, and my wrath I wreaked upon them
that I had ado withal. And therefore all the missaying that ye ..."
3. Bothwell: A Tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1874)
"... You are good and faithful to us, God quit it you, And well of us loved back ;
how much, you know, But more than is our fear of men's missaying. ..."
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