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The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.

See Malkin.

See Malkin, and Maukin.

Slatternly. [Obs.]

The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked. Meaking iron (Naut.), the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams.

Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.

Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.

State or quality of being milky.

A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [Obs.] Florio.

The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

A little bagpipe. [Obs.] Drayton.

To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly.

Dislike; aversion.

An error; a mistake. Shak.

Erroneously.

Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feath…

By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

A butt of sport; an object of derision. [R.]

Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth. Obstinacy in money-making. Milman.