1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Make.

2. (n.) The act 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.

3. (n.) Composition, or structure.

4. (n.) a poem.

5. (n.) That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition; the material of which something may be made; as, early misfortune was the making of him.

6. (n.) External appearance; from.

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