misˈcounting, vbl. n.
[mis-1 3.]
Misreckoning.
| ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 196 To taken other folkes thing, Through robberie or myscounting [MS. myscoueiting; Fr. cest cele qui fait..bescochier et mesconter]. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. 274 The miscounting of Dialects for Tongues causlessly multiplieth the number of those Languages. 1861 Riley Liber Albus ii. 115 note, The word ‘miskenning’ meaning miscounting or mispleading. |