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That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.

That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

ant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region. And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. Shak.

One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.

One who makes matches for burning or kinding.

See Merrymake, n.

Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival. [Written also merrimake.]

One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.

The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation.

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.

To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.

By mistake. Goldsmith.

Erroneousness.

One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.

One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

Same as Moonsail.

Naked as when born.

A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See Muckrake, v. i., below.