Miss

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.

A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.

In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.

To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.

To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.

To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.

To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.

To go wrong; to err.

To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

Loss; want; felt absence.

Mistake; error; fault.

Harm from mistake.