mislay
verb
- to place incorrectly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈleɪ/
verb
Etymology: From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay.
- To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.
“He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.”
- To err in placing something.
“[F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […]”
“You haue miſ-caſt in your Arithmetike, / Miſ-laid your Counters, groapingly yee ſeeke / In nights blacke darknes for the ſecret things / Seal’d in the Casket of the King of Kings; […]”