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Miscall   Listen
verb
Miscall  v. t.  
1.
To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.
2.
To call by a bad name; to abuse. (Obs.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Miscall" Quotes from Famous Books



... the waterman. "Ye seem as odd in speech as in dress, mistress. Who gave ye license to miscall our glorious sovereign?" ...
— The Panchronicon • Harold Steele Mackaye
... from them; And therefore crowns are now-a-days Adorn'd with golden stars and rays; Which plainly shows the near alliance 'Twixt cobbling and the planet's science. Besides, that slow-paced sign Boeoetes, As 'tis miscall'd, we know not who 'tis; But Partridge ended all disputes; He knew his trade, and call'd it boots.[3] The horned moon,[4] which heretofore Upon their shoes the Romans wore, Whose wideness kept their toes from corns, And whence we claim our shoeing-horns, Shows how the art ...
— The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume I (of 2) • Jonathan Swift
... he, patting my shoulder as I had been a petulant child. "Never miscall Adam that is your friend, for if you have wasted yourself in a vanity, so have I, for here you see me full of honours, Martin, a justice, a member o' Parliament, a power at Court with great lords eager for my friendship and ...
— Martin Conisby's Vengeance • Jeffery Farnol


Words linked to "Miscall" :   misname


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