† misˈtreading,vbl.n.Obs. [mis-1 3.] A mis-step; a misdeed. 1596Shakes.1 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 11 For..the Rod of heauen To punish my Mistreadings.1647Hexham, Een Mis-terde,..a Mistreading.1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) I. 92 Their secret lapses and mistreadings.