Mischieving

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. Scotland, uncountable

    "And it ate up sheep and men and women and was a fair terror, and the King had his heralds cry a reward to whatever knight would ride and end the mischieving of the beast."

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"And it ate up sheep and men and women and was a fair terror, and the King had his heralds cry a reward to whatever knight would ride and end the mischieving of the beast."

Etymology

From mischieve + -ing.

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