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mislay

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6 lettersPronunciation /mɪsˈleɪ/Part of speech verbSorted ailmsyStarts with MEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. place (something) where one cannot find it again

Word origin

From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay.

Used in a sentence

  • He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.
  • [F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […]
  • You haue miſ-caſt in your Arithmetike, / Miſ-laid your Counters, groapingly yee ſeeke / In nights blacke darknes for the ſecret things / Seal’d in the Casket of the King of Kings; […]

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