Miss /(mĭs)/

pl. Misses ((mĭs"sĕz))

1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.

   Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses.

3. A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4. [Obs.]
4. In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player. (Card Playing)

imp. & p. p. Missed; p. pr. & vb. n. Missing

1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.

   When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.

2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.

   She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay.

   We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood.

3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one.

   Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him.

   What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.

1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.

   Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss.

   Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away.

2. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.

   Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them.

3. To go wrong; to err. [Obs.]

   Amongst the angels, a whole legion Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss?

4. To be absent, deficient, or wanting. [Obs.]

   What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

1. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
2. Loss; want; felt absence. [Obs.]

   There will be no great miss of those which are lost.

3. Mistake; error; fault.

   He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar.

4. Harm from mistake. [Obs.]