a title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. see mistress, 5.-a young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.-a kept mistress. see mistress, 4.-in the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.-to fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.-to omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.-to discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.-to fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.-to fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.-to go wrong; to err.-to be absent, deficient, or wanting.-the act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.-loss; want; felt absence.-mistake; error; fault.-harm from mistake.