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

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 act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.

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.

Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.

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

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.]

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

Monkish. [R.] Coleridge.

A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. Carew.

Same as Neckmold.

Small coal produced in making the nicking.

The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak

Looking on or forward.