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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Miscarrying, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (Bible, 1611).] ? Erring, straying, blundering. fig. —1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 447.
Wo to the mistakings of my miscarrying heart Ib. (1664) 263.
What is the dry and miscarrying hope of all them who are not in Christ but confusion and wind? Ib. 184. c 1660–70 Sel. Biog. I. 282.
It is not my going that has the wyte but my miscarrying minde
