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.
Mis*chance", v. i. To happen by
mischance. Spenser.