mislayal

English

Etymology

From mislay +‎ -al.

Noun

mislayal (countable and uncountable, plural mislayals)

(rare) The act of something being mislaid or lost.
Synonym: mislaying
- 1861 May, “Editor’s Table”, in [Charles Godfrey Leland], editor, The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume LVII, number 5, New York, N.Y.: J[ames] R[oberts] Gilmore, […], page 551:
  The accidental mislayal (that strikes us as a good word, whether found in any of the differing ‘authentic’ dictionaries or not) of one or two letters from Tyrone Power, and ‘Gentleman Abbott,’ both of whom contributed to our pages long years ago, has prevented our carrying out, in the present number, the ‘contrast in reminiscence,’ of which we spake, in concluding our recollections of the late Rev. Henry B. Bascom, the most eloquent of all the eminent orators in the Methodist connection.
- 1905 May, E[dith] Ayrton, “A Plea for the Tail”, in The Critic and Literary World, volume XLVI, number 5, New Rochelle, N.Y.: […] [F]or The Critic Company by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 447, column 2:
  Again for ladies, what a convenience the tail presents as a dress-holder, more especially during the present fashion of sweeping skirts. Or as a fan in the ballroom—the impossibility of mislayal would alone make this form popular.
- 1914, T[homas] Bainbrigge Fletcher, “The Control of Insect Pests of Crops”, in Some South Indian Insects and Other Animals of Importance Considered Especially from an Economic Point of View, Madras: […] Superintendent, Government Press, page 114:
  The pump, by which the necessary pressure is attained, may be contained in the sprayer or may be separate. In the latter case a saving in weight is claimed but against this must be placed the greater risk of breakage or mislayal of the pump and the weight of this is very trifling in comparison with the weight of the tank and other necessary parts.
- 1915 October 16, E[rnest] C[ushing] Richardson, “Report of the Librarian, August 1, 1914—July 31, 1915”, in Princeton University Library: American Library Association Visit, June 29, 1916, Princeton, N.J.: The University Library, published 1916, page 62:
  It is certainly aggravating and injurious to work that there should be so many as this which cannot be located by the administration at the given moment, but University efficiency must choose between the system of liberal admission to the books, with frequent annoying mislayals and some loss, and the old system of passing all books over the counter, and no one who seriously considers the matter, hesitates between them, although with a strict system of passing over the counter the mislayals might be reduced almost to zero.
- 2005 February, Ian R[oderick] MacLeod, chapter V, in The House of Storms, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, published 2005 May, →ISBN, part 1, pages 44–45:
  ‘I’ll have to get someone else to help you. This isn’t my department, I’m afraid.’ And so on. ‘Yes, Greatgrandmistress. Most unfortunate. We do understand. Have you a record of each mislayal? And do you have your petitioner’s copy of form LIF 271/A?’ And so forth. The Postal Guild was closely allied with the Telegraphers.