Chapter 938

- To make free with . See under Free , a. -- To make good . See under Good . -- To make head , to make headway. -- To make light of . See under Light , a. -- To make little of . (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. -- To make love to . See under Love , n. -- To make meat , to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S. ] -- To make merry , to feast; to be joyful or jovial. -- To make much of , to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. -- To make no bones . See under Bone , n. -- To make no difference , to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. -- To make no doubt , to have no doubt. -- To make no matter , to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. -- To make oath (Law) , to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. -- To make of . (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news . (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account . " Makes she no more of me than of a slave." Dryden . -- To make one's law (Old Law) , to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To make out . (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter . (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case . (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money . -- To make over , to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee . -- To make sail . (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended . (b) To set sail. -- To make shift , to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.] . -- To make sternway , to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. -- To make strange , to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion . -- To make suit to , to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. -- To make sure . See under Sure . -- To make up . (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package . (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel . (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum . (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story.

He was all made up of love and charms! Addison.

(e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts . (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up . -- To make up a face , to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. -- To make up one's mind , to reach a mental determination; to resolve. -- To make water . (a) (Naut.) To leak. (b) To urinate . -- To make way , ∨ To make one's way . (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a passage; to clear the way . -- To make words , to multiply words.

Make <Xpage=885>

Make (?) , v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make . [Obs.]

A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make . Shak.

2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home ; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

&hand; Formerly, authors used to make on , to make forth , to make about ; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at , to make away , to make for , to make off , to make toward , etc.

3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against ; as, it makes for his advantage .

M. Arnold.

Follow after the things which make for peace. Rom. xiv. 19.

Considerations infinite Do make against it. Shak.

4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.

5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic]

Chaucer. Tennyson.

To solace him some time, as I do when I make . P. Plowman.

To make as if , &or; To make as though , to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make , v. t. ).

Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. Josh. viii. 15.

My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. Latimer.

-- To make at , to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack. -- To make away with . (a) To carry off. (b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate . (c) To kill; to destroy. -- To make off , to go away suddenly. -- To make out , to succeed; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties . -- To make up , to become reconciled or friendly. -- To make up for , to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. -- To make up to . (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us . (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to. -- To make up with , to become reconciled to. [Colloq.] -- To make with , to concur or agree with. Hooker .

Make <Xpage=885>

Make , n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can undermine and shake? Dryden.

On the make , bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.]

Makebate <Xpage=885>

Make"bate` (?) , n. [ Make , v. + bate a quarrel.] One who excites contentions and quarrels. [Obs.]

Make-belief <Xpage=885>

Make"-be*lief` (?) , n. A feigning to believe; make believe.

J. H. Newman.

Make-believe <Xpage=885>

Make"-be*lieve` (?) , n. A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. "Childlike make-believe ."

Tylor.

To forswear self-delusion and make-believe . M. Arnold.

Make-believe <Xpage=885>

Make"-be*lieve` , a. Feigned; insincere. " Make-believe reverence."<-- imaginary -->

G. Eliot.

Maked <Xpage=885>

Mak"ed (?) , obs. p. p. of Make . Made.

Chaucer.

Make-game <Xpage=885>

Make"-game` (?) , n. An object of ridicule; a butt.

Godwin.

Makeless <Xpage=885>

Make"less , a. [See 1st Make , and cf. Matchless , Mateless .] 1. Matchless. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. Without a mate.

Shak.

Make-peace <Xpage=885>

Make"-peace` (-p&emac;s`) n. A peacemaker . [R.]

Shak.

Maker <Xpage=885>

Mak"er (m&amac;k"&etil;r) n. , 1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.

The universal Maker we may praise. Milton.

2. (Law) The person who makes a promissory note.

3. One who writes verses; a poet. [Obs.]

&hand; "The Greeks named the poet poihth`s , which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei^n , make ; wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a maker ."

Sir P. Sidney.

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Makeshift <Xpage=886>

Make"shift` (?) , n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

James Mill.

I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift . G. Eliot.

Make-up <Xpage=886>

Make"-up` (?) , n. The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up . L. F. Ward.

Makeweight <Xpage=886>

Make"weight` (<?/) , n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

Maki <Xpage=886>

Ma"ki (?) , n. [F., from native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A lemur. See Lemur .

Making <Xpage=886>

Mak"ing (?) , n. 1. The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction; as, this is cloth of your own making ; the making of peace or war was in his power.

2. Composition, or structure.

3. a poem. [Obs.]

Sir J. Davies.

4. That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition; the material of which something may be made; as, early misfortune was the making of him .

5. External appearance; from. [Obs.]

Shak.

Making-iron <Xpage=886>

Mak"ing-i`ron (?) , n. A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.

Making-up <Xpage=886>

Mak"ing-up` (?) , n. 1. The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof .

2. The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.

Mal- <Xpage=886>

Mal- (?) . A prefix in composition denoting ill ,or evil , F. male , adv., fr. malus , bad, ill. In some words it has the form male- , as in male diction, male volent. See Malice .

&hand; The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the c, either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a separate syllable, as in male diction, male factor, male ficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in mal feasance or male -feasance, mal formation or male -formation, etc., as also where the word to which it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in mal administration, etc., the form mal is to be preferred, and is the one commonly employed.

Mala <Xpage=886>

Ma"la (?) , n. ; pl. of Malum . [L.] Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

Mala in se [L.] (Law) , offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute. -- Mala prohibita [L.] (Law) , offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se , which are offenses at common law.

Malabar <Xpage=886>

Mal"a*bar` (?) , n. A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea.

Malabar nut (Bot.) , the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica , sometimes used medicinally.

Malacatune <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*ca*tune" (?) , n. See Melocoton .

Malacca <Xpage=886>

Ma*lac"ca (?) , n. A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.

Malacca cane (Bot.) , a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus ( C. Scipionum ), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.

Malachite <Xpage=886>

Mal"a*chite (?) , n. [Fr. Gr. <?/ a mallow, from its resembling the green color of the leaf of mallows: cf. F. malachite . Cf. Mallow .] (Min.) Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.

&hand; Green malachite , or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite , or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue color.

Malachite green . See Emerald green , under Green , n.

Malacissant <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cis"sant (?) , a. [See Malacissation .] Softening; relaxing. [Obs.]

Malacissation <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cis*sa"tion (?) , n. [L. malacissare to make soft, Gr. <?/.] The act of making soft or supple. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Malacobdella <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cob*del"la (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ a leech.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust . of Bdellomorpha .

Malacoderm <Xpage=886>

Mal"a*co*derm (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ skin.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a tribe of beetles ( Malacodermata ), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.

Malacolite <Xpage=886>

Mal"a*co*lite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ soft + -lite .] (Min.) A variety of pyroxene.

Malacologist <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*col"o*gist (?) , n. One versed in the science of malacology.

Malacology <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*col"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ soft + -logy : cf. F. malacologie .] The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.

Malacopoda <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cop"o*da (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ soft + -poda .] (Zo\'94l.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata , and Onychophora .

&hand; They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antenn\'91. The tranche\'91 are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus .

Malacopterygian <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*an (?) , n. [Cf. F. malacopt\'82rygien .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Malacopterygii.

Malacopterygii <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cop`te*ryg"i*i (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ wing, fin, fr. <?/ feather.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri .

Malacopterygious <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*ous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Malacopterygii.

Malacosteon <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cos"te*on (?) , n. [NL., Gr. fr. <?/ soft + <?/ bone.] (Med.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.

Malacostomous <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cos"to*mous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ mouth.] (Zo\'94l.) Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.

Malacostraca <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cos"tra*ca (?) , n. pl. [NL., from Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ shell of a testacean.] (Zo\'94l.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.

Malacostracan <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cos"tra*can (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Malacostraca.

Malacostracology <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy (?) , n. [ Malacostrac an + -logy .] That branch of zo\'94logical science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology .

Malacostracous <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*cos"tra*cous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.

Malacotoon <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*co*toon" (?) , n. (Bot.) See Melocoton .

Malacozoa <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*co*zo"a (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ an animal.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria .

Malacozoic <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*co*zo"ic (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa.

Maladdress <Xpage=886>

Mal`ad*dress" (?) , n. [ Mal- + address .] Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one.

W. D. Howells.

Maladjustment <Xpage=886>

Mal`ad*just"ment (?) , n. [ Mal- + adjustment .] A bad adjustment.

Maladministration <Xpage=886>

Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion (?) , n. [ Mal- + administration .] Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration .]

Maladroit <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*droit" (?) , a. [F. See Malice , and Adroit .] Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. -- Mal"a*droit`ly , adv. -- Mal`a*droit"ness , n.

Malady <Xpage=886>

Mal"a*dy (?) , n. ; pl. Maladies (#) . [F. maladie , fr. malade ill, sick, OF. also, malabde , fr. L. male habitus , i. e., ill-kept, not in good condition. See Malice , and Habit .] 1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.

The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. Buckminster.

2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.

Love's a malady without a cure. Dryden.

Syn. -- Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See Disease .

Malaga <Xpage=886>

Mal"a*ga (?) , n. A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.

Malagash <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*gash" (?) , n. Same as Malagasy .

Malagasy <Xpage=886>

Mal`a*gas"y (?) , n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Madagascar; also ( sing .), the language.

Malaise <Xpage=886>

Ma`laise" (?) , n. [F., fr. mal ill + aise ease.] (Med.) An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease.

Malamate <Xpage=886>

Ma*lam"ate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of malamic acid.

Malambo <Xpage=886>

Ma*lam"bo (?) , n. [Pg.] A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo .

Malamethane <Xpage=886>

Mal`am*eth"ane (?) , n. [ Malamic + ethane .] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.

Malamic <Xpage=886>

Ma*lam"ic (?) , a. [ Mal ic + amic .] (Chem.) Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.

Malamide <Xpage=886>

Ma*lam"ide (?) , n. [ Malic + amide .] (Chem.) The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.

Malanders <Xpage=886>