Noah Webster
Mischief
MIS'CHIEF, noun
1. Harm; hurt; injury; damage; evil, whether intended or not. A new law is made to remedy the mischief
2. Intentional injury; harm or damage done by design.
Thy tongue deviseth mischief Psalms 52:1.
3. Ill consequence; evil; vexatious affair.
The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued.
MIS'CHIEF, verb transitive To hurt; to harm; to injure.