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"Section M, N, and O"

" Sir P. Sidney.



Make"shift` (māk"sh&ibreve;ft`),
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` (?), 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.


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.


||Ma"ki (?), n. [F., from native name.]
(Zoöl.) A lemur. See Lemur.


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.


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