Category:Mischance

Mis*chance", n. Etym: [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]

Defn: Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. Shak.

Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.

mischance Mis*chance", v. i.

Defn: To happen by mischance. Spenser.