misthrust

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation spelling for an Irish accent

Verb

misthrust (third-person singular simple present misthrusts, present participle misthrusting, simple past and past participle misthrusted)

1. (Ireland, eye dialect) Mistrust.
   • 1866, Nelly Dillon, Anne I. Robertson, The Story of Nelly Dillon, page 227:

     Poor Pat don't know as much as strangers do, I misthrust, Misther Scully.

   • 1885, Margaret Hungerford, A Maiden All Forlorn and Toher Stories., page 284:

     I didn't misthrust him then, miss; but when I heard a while ago that ye were mad intirely wid me for bein' so late, it sthruck me that the old vagabone was playin' some game.

   • 1897, Maud Wilder Goodwin, Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes, page 68:

     Mebbe it's the thruth you're afther findin' out; but I misthrust, and it's meself will never fergive her if she breaks the heart of the best by in the counthry.

Etymology 2

mis- +‎ thrust

Noun

misthrust (plural misthrusts)

1. A thrust that did not go as intended.
   • 1900, Gabriel Ferry, An Adventure with the Apaches, page 55:

     The weapon passed between the body and one arm of the victim, and the Indian, losing his balance by the force of his misthrust, measured his length on the sand.

   • 1907, Karl Werder, The Heart of Hamlet's Mystery, page 151:

     If anything could occur to bring him to his senses, to impress upon him the necessity of checking the pace of his task, it is this failure, this misthrust, precisely this! Instead of Polonius, had it been the King whom he had stabbed, what would he not have brought upon himself!

   • 1911, William Bayard Hale, “La Follette, Pioneer Progressive”, in The World's Work, volume 22, page 14599:

     Bushy Bob: is still the fighter—always will be—and fighting in the Senate is pretty much like fighting in the popular arena, only it is more serious business, for there is always someone ready to pink a weakness in the armor, to take advantage of a misthrust, and they be skilled knights, there.

   • 1947, Rayon Textile Monthly - Volume 28, page 80:

     When a heddle eye is bent by a misthrust, or heddles are otherwise noticed to be damaged, it should be cut out of the set with wire-cutting pliers.

   • 2011, JoAnn Wendt, The Golden Dove:

     Just as he lunged near the bedstead, he made a misthrust.

Adjective

misthrust (comparative more misthrust, superlative most misthrust)

1. That has been thrust badly.
   • 2009, David Drake, The Complete Hammer's Slammers:

     It gouged the iridium armor like a misthrust rapier which tears skin but does not pierce the skull.