Hypertext Webster Gateway: "miscarrying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Miscarry \Mis*car"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Miscarried}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Miscarrying}.]
1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination,
or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to
suffer defeat.
My ships have all miscarried. --Shak.
The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried.
--Shak.
2. To bring forth young before the proper time.
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