See Also: miscarry(medicine)
miscarry(dictionary)
miscarry(dictionary)

Leicester (iou) and miscarry (oh)


Leicester (iou)



Leicester noun. L18.
[A city in Leicestershire, central England.]
In full Leicester sheep. (An animal of) a valuable long-woolled variety of sheep orig. bred in Leicestershire, England. In Austral. & NZ freq. more fully English Leicester. See also Border Leicester s.v. BORDER noun. L18.
(An animal of) a long-horned variety of cattle, orig. bred in Leicestershire. M19.
In full Leicester cheese. A firm-textured usu. orange-coloured full milk cheese of a type orig. made in Leicestershire. Also Red Leicester. L19.

miscarry (oh)



[I and T] to give birth to a baby before it is properly formed and able to live
-see also abort abort
::She miscarried when she was 10 weeks pregnant.
::Many babies with serious disabilities are miscarried.
[I] formal if a plan miscarries, it is not successful