Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MIS-LAY'
MIS-LAY', v.t.
- To lay in a wrong place. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke.
- To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. If the butler be the tell-tale, mislay a spoon so that he may never find it. Swift.
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