Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mischance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mischance \Mis*chance"\, n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]
Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer.
Never come mischance between us twain. --Shak.
Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity;
disaster. See {Calamity}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mischance \Mis*chance"\, v. i.
To happen by mischance. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mischance
n 1: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't
have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: {bad
luck}, {mishap}]
2: an instance of misfortune [syn: {mishap}, {misadventure}]
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