Amiss: alternatives and connections

To go astray; to diverge.

Out of the way; astray.

Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.

Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.

To lead about; to lead astray.

The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…

To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

Improperly, an heraldic bearing.

Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and ch…

A wandering about or going astray; digression.

To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray;…

To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.