miscarriage

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MISCAR'RIAGE, noun Unfortunate event of an undertaking; failure. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. 1. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. 2. Abortion; the act of bringing forth before the time.
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