mischief
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Every plank in her hull, every rope at her mast-head, and every cloth of her canvas looked as if they meant MISCHIEF.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
P. 480, MISCHIEF, 'Master of Mischief' amended to Master of Misrule.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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