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The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.

A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners.

influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. Dryden.

r performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. "This kindness merits thanks." Shak.

Bad advice.

To give bad counsel to.

Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious. "Valor misbegot." Shak.

To call by a bad name; to abuse. [Obs.] Fuller.

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.

To create badly or amiss.

The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. Consider why the change was wrought, You 'll find his misfortune, not his fault. Addison.

Bad government; want of government. Shak.

Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth.

To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. South.

Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.

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

Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. [Obs.] Shak.

To rule badly; to misgovern.