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t 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.

The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.

The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.

Enacting laws; legislative. -- n.

Courtship. Bacon.

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

Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.

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

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

The business of a shoemaker.

A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

ommon wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

t, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.…

A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson.

with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton.