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

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

2. Without a mate. Shak.

Make"-peace` (-pēs`), n. A
peacemaker. [R.] Shak.

Mak"er (māk"&etilde;r), n.
1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a
manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.

The universal Maker we may praise.

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

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

&fist; "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.


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