·noun The act, or the result, of misruling.
II. Misrule ·noun Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
III. Misrule ·vt & ·vi To rule badly; to Misgovern.
See master of misrule. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An officer of an hour or two, when the hands were piped "to mischief." The lord or abbot of misrule ...