Miss \Miss\ (m[i^]s), n.; pl. {Misses} (m[i^]s"s[e^]z). [Contr. fr. mistress.] 1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See {Mistress}, 5.
Note: There is diversity of usage in the application of this title to two or more persons of the same name. We may write either the Miss Browns or the Misses Brown.
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. --Cawthorn.
3. A kept mistress. See {Mistress}, 4. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
4. (Card Playing) 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.
Miss \Miss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Missed} (m[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Missing}.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. [root]100. See {Mis-}, pref.] 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. --Locke.
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. --Prior.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood. --Shak.
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. --Shak.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him. --1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss. --Milton.
{To miss stays}. (Naut.) See under {Stay}.
Miss \Miss\, n. 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. --Locke.
3. Mistake; error; fault. --Shak.
He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar. --Ascham.
4. Harm from mistake. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Miss \Miss\ (m[i^]s), v. i. 1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss. --Bacon.
Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away. --Waller.
2. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them. --Atterbury.
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? --Spenser.
4. To be absent, deficient, or wanting. [Obs.] See {Missing}, a.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. --Shak.
"There is now an immense hole in amateur surfing on the West Coast because he was really the crankshaft of organized surfing on the West Coast," said Surfer magazine publisher Steve Pezman. "The sport will miss him.
Gross said he will miss his character as well as the cast members.
If this BBC/A&E adaptation of Durrell's famous memoir has half the charm of the book it will be too good to miss.
We will miss him greatly." Smith took over as worldwide publisher at Newsweek in September 1988 after running the international division for five years.
Don't miss Paul Nash's painting of a typical scene in the battle _ contrails over the English countryside.
"If we miss this chance, the GATT will probably for all purposes cease to play an effective role in the coming years," he said.
Researchers reason that by flooding the bloodstream with copies of CD4, the virus will mistakenly attack these decoys and miss the blood cells.
Now landfill workers say they will miss the porkers.
Iraqis have told the Americans the hostages are physically all right, but they miss their families and their psychological state could be better.
Upper respiratory ailments and back pain are the top two reasons people miss work, says the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
We will miss her.
"I missed work when I wanted to miss work," at times staying home drunk, he says.
Court spokeswoman Toni House said he may miss little time on the bench since the high court begins a four-week recess Monday.
Country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall has some simple advice for aspiring performers: don't miss an appearance.
Many Germans won't miss noisy GIs in bars or the damage maneuvers do to fields.
If we can understand its obligations and priorities, so much the better.' What will he miss most when he leaves?
She'll even miss the F train.
Of course, you could sell your stock now, reaping the profit, but you would thus miss out on further price appreciation in the stock, while choosing the LEAPS instead would let you participate.
Another Davidson miss, and Bogues fed teammate Tony Black for an open 15-footer.
Most said finding or keeping key people is important; but without solid planning, Hay says they may miss seeing a need for new talent or training.
"When Mr. Luce becomes governor, I will certainly miss him as an able attorney," he says.
Several swerved to miss hitting her.
"I didn't want to _ in this time of dynamic change (in Eastern Europe) _ miss something, something that I might get better firsthand from Mr. Gorbachev," he said.
We are grateful to him for the outstanding contribution he has made over the past three years, and will miss his wisdom and experience.' The group's chief executive, Mr John Robb, will take over as interim chairman.
"We're shocked," said Donald Backer, a University of California-Berkeley astronomer who is doing pulsar research at a sister observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. "We'll miss it.
Mr. Haritos says he doesn't miss the socializing.
He said, `Mike, I'm damn disappointed because I'm going to miss you, but I wish you well.'
It is important not to miss two projects.
Many managers also miss the abundant opportunities for reducing operating costs in areas where they have no technical competence, such as pensions, medical programs and insurance.
Coleco posted a loss of $98.8 million for the fourth quarter and said it would miss a coming interest payment unless debenture holders accept a financial-restructuring plan.