Misery

·noun Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

II. Misery ·noun Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

III. Misery ·noun Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

misery
Pain; as, misery in my head.--Sherwood's Georgia. Miss. The common abbreviation for Mississippi. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.