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Now Mistress Gilpin (careful
soul).

6. A married woman; a wife. [Scot.]

Several of the neighboring mistresses had
assembled to witness the event of this memorable
evening.

7. The old name of the jack at bowls.
Beau. & Fl.

To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from
control by another person.

Mis"tress, v. i. To wait upon a
mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne.

Mis"tress*ship, n. 1.
Female rule or dominion.

2. Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the
personal pronoun. [Obs.] Massinger.

Mis*tri"al (?), n. (Law) A
false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.

Mis*trist" (?), v. t. To
mistrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mis*trow" (?), v.


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