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.
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