▪ I. mistetch, n. north. dial.
(mɪsˈtɛtʃ)
Also -tech.
[f. mis-1 4 + tetch n.]
A bad habit.
| c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1226 We..Þat for our slepyng and mysteches, With goddis seruande we lete to wake. 1828 Craven Gloss., Mistetch, a bad instruction, a misteaching. ‘Toud mear hes gitten a sad mistetch’. 1847 Halliwell, Mistech, a bad habit. North. |
▪ II. mistetch, v. north. dial.
(mɪsˈtɛtʃ)
[app. an alteration of misteach after prec. n.]
trans. To teach bad habits to; to train badly.
| 1529 More Dyaloge iii. xiii. Wks. 229/2 Because he that had mistetched his wife and his children, were vnmete for a great cure. 1683 G. Meriton Yorksh. Dial. 2 Thou macks sike Anters, Thou'l mistetch my Cow. 1828 Craven Gloss., Mistetch, to teach bad tricks or habits, to give bad instructions. 1876 Mid-Yorksh. Gloss., Mistetch, mistrain, or misteach. |