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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.

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.

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- (măl-). 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
malediction, malevolent. See Malice.

&fist; The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the
e, either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
maleficent, etc.


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