† miˈsaccident Obs.
[f. mis-1 4 + accident n., after mischance.]
= mischance, mishap.
| 1623 in H. Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S.J. I. 95 His majestie was verie sorrie for the mis-accident that happened at the French Ambassador's. 1633 Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. vi. 16 Here is a great world in a little roome, by the skill of the workeman, but in lesse roome, by mis-accident. 1648 ― Breathings Devout Soul (1851) 187 Secular mis-accidents. |