Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MISE, n. [meze; Fr. mis, put, laid, pp. of mettre, L. mitto; Norm. mise.]

1. In law, an issue to be tried at the grand assize.
2. Expense; cost.
3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also a tribute paid in the county Palatine of Chester at the change of the owner of the earldoms. Encyc.