Of an action, design, etc.: To miscarry, not to succeed.

intransitive. Of an enterprise: to miscarry, fail. archaic in later use.

intransitive. ? To go frowardly or untowardly, be unsuccessful. Obsolete.

to shoot (also play) nipshot: to miss the mark, to misfire (literal and figurative).

intransitive. Of a plan, business, etc.: to go wrong; to fail; to come to nothing, prove abortive.

intransitive. To become weak or languid. Obsolete.

intransitive. figurative. To fail, go wrong, miss the mark; to make a mistake.