Mis*car"riage (?), n.
1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking;
failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.
When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.
Dryden.
2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior;
as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.
Rogers.
3. The act of bringing forth before the time;
premature birth.