Mis*car"riage (?), n.

1.

Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.
Dryden.

2.

Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.

Rogers.

3.

The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

 

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