n. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Composition, or structure. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. a poem. [ Obs. ] Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]