What is to happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." Chaucer called?
mishap — To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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