Mislay v. t. (past & past part. mislaid; pres. part. mislaying)
1.
To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. "The fault is generally mislaid upon nature."
2.
To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. "The... charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead."
... arduous work, which remained over, no one could be found to take in hand. Neither was it possible for them in the various establishments to any longer avail themselves of the confusion to carelessly mislay things. In fact, visitors came and guests left, but everything after all went off quietly, unlike the disorderly way which prevailed hitherto, when there was no clue to the ravel; and all such abuses as indolence, and losses, and the like ... — Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
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