dead amiss

adjective

Of a horse: too ill to compete.

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Meanings

adjectivedead amiss (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehobbiesOf a horse: too ill to compete.

    Sunshine ran gamely, but was clearly out of condition; and Gamos, who was dead amiss at Bath, having got round, beat her from the superiority of her training, […]

    1870, Tresham Gilbey, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 18, page 320
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    At the mention of the increased amount of odds, the snob took the youngster aside, and said to him, "Look now, by the book, we have the old man done brown; my horse is dead amiss, your cousin's horse you can beat easy, […]

    1840, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, page 286
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