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A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

A little lord. Thackeray.

Courtship. Bacon.

Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.

The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.

A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.

A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.

A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking. [Local, U. S.]

The namaycush.

A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

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.

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.

The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof.

Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. Chaucer.

A dwarf. See Manikin. Shak.

A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.

The human race; man, taken collectively. The proper study of mankind is man. Pore.

A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

arks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage. Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen. -- Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juice used for…

The muskellunge.