Mis*chance" (?), n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]
Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.
Chaucer.
Never come mischance between us twain.
Shak.
Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.
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Mis*chance", v. i.
To happen by mischance.
Spenser.
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