mislippen

Definitions

To disappoint.
To deceive; delude.
To neglect to perform; pay no proper attention to: as, to mislippen one's business.
To suspect; mistrust.

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I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do --- we maunna vex her at nae rate --- it was amaist the last word my father said to me on his deathbed. ''

The Black Dwarf 1898
"It's no 'at I'm no willin' to be your freen ', mem; but I'm yer son's freen' a'ready, an 'gien he war to hear onything' at gart him mislippen till me, it wad gang to my hert."

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we’re gaun to do — we maunna vex her at nae rate — it was amaist the last word my father said to me on his deathbed.”

The Black Dwarf 2004
I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do -- we maunna vex her at nae rate -- it was amaist the last word my father said to me on his deathbed. "

The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801