mis-call

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• mis

  mis, an archaic form for meis; v. meus init. ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Mis

  ·adj & ·adv Wrong; amiss. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Mis-

  ·- A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably;...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Call

  ·noun ·see <<Assessment>>, 4. II. Call ·noun Vocation; employment. III. Call ·noun A divine vocati...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Call

  1) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to "call upon the name of the Lord"...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• call

  1) occasion, obligation ; he had no call to do it. Derb. 2) to abuse by calling names. They CALLED ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• call

  A peculiar silver pipe or whistle, used by the boatswain and his mates to attract attention, and sum...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• mis-ken

  to mistake, to misunderstand. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Effectual call

  See Call. ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cat call

  A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It deriv...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• call the watch

  This is done every four hours, except at the dog-watches, to relieve those on deck, also by pipe. "A...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• places of call

  Merchantmen must here attend to two general rules: If these places of call are enumerated in the c...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• winding a call

  The act of blowing or piping on a boatswain's whistle, to communicate the necessary orders. (See cal...

  The Sailor's Word-Book