'Mislay' definitions:

Definition of 'mislay'

verb

Place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose]

From: GCIDE

Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying.] [1913 Webster]
1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. [1913 Webster]
The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
2. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]