MISS

Definitions

1. 1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
2. 2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen. Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses. Cawthorn.
3. 3. A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4. [Obs.] Evelyn.
4. 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.