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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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MISMAK, v. Also mismack (Jam.); mismake, -maik. Pa.t., pa.ppl. mismade. [mɪs′mɑk; em.Sc.(b), s.Sc. -′mek]

1. Of cloth(es): to cut out wrongly, or put together badly (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.), to misshape.

2. To prepare or cook food badly (‡Sh., Ags. 1963).Sc. 1841 Chambers's Jnl. (7 Aug.) 228:
I canna leave the sowens to rin here an' there, as ye would do, an' hae them mismade ower again.

3. tr. To trouble, to disturb, to “put about” (wm. and s.Sc. 1963); refl. to put oneself about, to “turn a hair” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.), to show regret for some fault or damage that one has done (Rxb. 1963). Ppl.adv. mismakantly, deliberately, of set purpose, gen. malicious (Slk. 1963).Slk. 1825 Jam.:
Dinna mismake yoursell for me.w.Sc. 1887 Jam.:
He could threep a lee in your face an' no mismak him.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff. 153:
For 'e wadna been muckle mismade wi' oors aither.Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 15:
Hei sat there curmudd, never mismaikin heis-sul.Lnk. 1955, obsol.:
She never mismade hersel, i.e. never put herself about, never disturbed herself.Uls. 1993:
I never mismade myself.