miscarry (1 the prevailing meaning in S. and from the 14th to the 18th cent.)
1.
to come to harm or
destruction, perish
Mer.V. III. ii. 316
“my ships have all
m-ied,”
2H4 IV. i. 129
“That by indictment and
by dint of sword Hare since
m-ied,”
H5 IV. i. 157,
Lr. V. i. 5
“Our sister's man is . .
. miscarried,”
Oth. V. i. 6.
2.
to go wrong, prove
unsuccessful
Cor. I. i. 272
“what
miscarries,”
Rom. V. iii. 267.
3.
to be abortive, fail
LLL. IV. i. 115
“if horns that year
miscarry”
; (of a child) to be born prematurely 2H4 V. iv. 10, 15
4.
to get into wrong
hands H8 III. ii. 30.
