Note: There is diversity of usage in the application of this
title to two or more persons of the same name. We may
write either the Miss Browns or the Misses Brown.
2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of
sixteen.
Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst
the maids and misses. --Cawthorn.
3. A kept mistress. See {Mistress}, 4. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
4. (Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra
hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the
hand dealt to a player.