misˈlippen, v. Sc. and north. dial.
Also mislicken (see licken).
[mis-1 1.]
1. trans. To deceive; to disappoint.
| 1552 Burgh Rec. Edin. (1871) 173 Gyf it salhappin the saidis seriandis..to mislippin or defraude ony pairty in wairnyng [etc.]. 1581–2 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. III. 453 His majestie is liklie to be myslippinnit of wynis in thair default. 1683 G. Meriton Yorksh. Dial. 7 If wee'd nut come just when we did, Wee'd been mislicken'd out of our dinners Pegg. 1775 Watson Hist. Halifax 543 Mislippen'd, disappointed. 1807–10 Tannahill Poems (1846) 20, I haflins think his e'en hae him mislipened. 1888 Sheffield Gloss. |
2. To neglect, overlook.
| 1581–2 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. III. 451 It can not be differrit nor myslippinnit. 17.. The Ghaist 6 The yearding o' my bains Dinna mislippen—O remember me! 1866 Gregor Banffsh. Gloss., Mis-lippent, neglected. 1894 Crockett Raiders iii, In a great job like the making of the earth, small points are apt to be mislippened (overlooked). |
3. To suspect.
| 1816 Scott Bl. Dwarf iv, I thought it best to slip out quietly..in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb 243 Aw sanna begin to mislippen ye noo at the tail o' the day. |