† misliev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To lie in a bad or uncomfortable position.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > lie in a wrong position
misliec1390
c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3647 And eft he routeth, for his heed myslay [v.r. misleie].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.c1390- to put a person in the dozens
- to put a person in the head of
- to put a person in the picture
- to put a person in the way of
- to put a person in the well
- to put a person in way of
- to put a person in wite
- to put a person into buttons
- to put a person into his, her place
- to put a person off her mettle
- to put a person off his mettle
- to put a person on a diet
- to put a person on a slow boat to china
- to put a person on guard
- to put a person on her mettle
- to put a person on his guard
- to put a person on his mettle
- to put a person on his or her honour
- to put a person on his trial
- to put a person on ice
- to put a person on the back foot
- to put a person on the spot
- to put a person out of commons
- to put a person out of her misery
- to put a person out of her pain