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▪ I. misˈguiding, vbl. n. [mis-1 3.] †a. Evil conduct; misbehaviour; disorder. b. Misrule; mismanagement; ill-treatment. Sc. c. Misdirection.
c1470G. Ashby Active Policy 431 Mysreule & extorcion Mysguiding, Robbery & necligence. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlviii. u 7 b, Thurgh mysguydyng of the barge it ouerthrewe on the pyles. 1520Caxton's Chron. iii. 25/2 He slewe .l. thousande of y⊇ olde sage faders of greate vertue bycause they tolde hym his mysgydynge. 1530Palsgr. 470/2 Reformacions of mysgydyng [F. reformacions des abus] be very necessary in a comen welth. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 214 King Occa..Throw misgyding wes slane into the feild. 1588Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. IV. 266 For allegeit misgyding of sum of the saidis collegeis. 1786Burns On Sc. Bard viii, He ne'er was gien to great misguidin, Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in. 1898Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 3/2 The..perversion of our taste and misguiding of our æsthetic instincts. ▪ II. misˈguiding, ppl. a. [mis-1 2.] That misguides, misdirecting.
1753H. Jones Earl of Essex (1756) 43 The narrow censures of misguiding crowds. 1811Shelley in Hogg Life (1858) I. 406 A man under a misguiding preconception. 1891Daily News 15 Oct. 4/6 The..misguiding criticisms of Tory newspapers. Hence misˈguidingly adv., ‘in a way to mislead’ (1847–54 Webster). |