making

Definitions

1. 1.Composition, or structure.
2. 2.a poem.[Obs.] Sir J. Davies.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.External appearance; from. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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