mislay

Definition

To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.

Etymology

From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay.

Example Sentences

• "He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets."
• "[F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […]"
• "You haue miſ-caſt in your Arithmetike, / Miſ-laid your Counters, groapingly yee ſeek / In nights blacke darknes for the ſecret things / Seal’d in the Casket of the King of Kings."