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Definition of Miscarrying
1. miscarry [v] - See also: miscarry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscarrying
Literary usage of Miscarrying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"Her majestic been 2 months gone with child, hath been lett blood to prevent
miscarrying. The carl of Winchelsea is turned out of the lord lieutenant- ship ..."
2. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"miscarrying gave rise to the following adage, applied to the attempting of an
impossibility: Let Pendragon do what he can, Eden runs, where Eden ran. ..."
3. The Memoirs of Philip de Comines: Containing the History of Lewis XI. and by Philippe de Commynes, Johannes Sleidanus (1823)
"... destruction of the Duke of Milan; of their miscarrying for want of Supplies;
and of another Design against Genoa, which came to the same ill end.—I496. ..."
4. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time by Gilbert Burnet, Thomas Burnet (1833)
"... but was soon sent for by the queen, who apprehended she was in danger of
miscarrying. Dr. Scarborough was come to Knights- bridge to see bishop Ward, ..."
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