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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MISCOOK, v. To spoil food in preparing it (Sc. 1825 Jam.); fig. to bungle or mismanage (Ib.).Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 68:
Had ye but seen how blate the lassie looked, Whan she was blam'd, how she the drink miscooked!Sc. 1825 Jam.:
Ye've miscookit a' your kail.Sc. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Letters (Froude 1883) III. 206:
Food miscooked.Abd. 1867 W. Anderson Rhymes 54:
She never was wed, for the nicht she was bookit, The lad got a fleg, an' the match was miscookit.