Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mislay"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mislaid}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mislaying}.]
1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.
The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke.
2. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.
The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately
mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to
obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mislay
v : place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I
misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: {misplace}, {lose}]
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