† misˈchievance Obs.
[? f. mischieve v. + -ance.]
Harm, injury, damage.
| 1600 Holland Livy ii. xv. 549 Unlesse they would be executors of their owne wrongs, and seeke their owne mischievance. 1628 [Sir F. Hubert] Life & Death Edw. II cclvii, Nor [let] common curses, caus'd by public greeuance, Draw iudgment down on you for their mischieuance. |