Etymology

Old English missan: to fail to hit. The archery is still in the word. A miss is an event in the field of aiming.

Semantic range

Non-match, absent recurrence, failed hypothesis, what was not recorded. Permanent law of this house: the Field includes what did not connect.

What the gloss loses

Miss as personal failure. In pattern literacy a miss is how the looking stays honest.

Misuse

Hiding the misses so the hits can shine.