Missing

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Miss.

II. Missing ·vi Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

missing
If a vessel is not heard of within six months after her departure (or after the last intelligence of...

The Sailor's Word-Book
missing stays
To fail in going about from one tack to another; when, after a ship gets her head to the wind, she c...

The Sailor's Word-Book
to be among the missing
To be absent, to leave, to run away. There comes old David for my militia fine; I don't want to see...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.