Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Miscarriage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Miscarriage \Mis*car"riage\, n.
1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to
attain a desired result or reach a destination.
When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay
miscarriages upon his prince. --Dryden.
2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings
and miscarriages of the righteous. --Rogers.
3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature
birth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
miscarriage
n 1: failure of a plan [syn: {abortion}]
2: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn: {spontaneous
abortion}, {stillbirth}] [ant: {live birth}]
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