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mistryst

American

[mis-trahyst] / mɪsˈtraɪst /

verb (used with object)

Scot. and North England.

to fail to meet or to keep an appointment with (someone).
to be confused or perplexed by (something).

Etymology

Origin of mistryst

First recorded in 1810–20; mis- ¹ + tryst

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“Ye’ll just mistryst aince and for a’ with the gentry in the bents.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ye'll just mistryst aince and for a' with the gentry in the bents.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ye'll be gaun yonder, Mr. Patrick; feind o' me will mistryst you for a' my mother says.

From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott

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