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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4943 His sone..Was lik his fader of stature & of mak.

1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) 126 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 87 Flawm nocht na fluriss þat vill fade, To mend þe mak þat God has made.

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 967 He rydis ane hors that is of mak meruell.

?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) 217 Gif she had bene into the dayis auld, Quhen Jupiter the schap of bull did tak..Sum greater mayck, I wait, he had gart mak, Hir to haue stollin be his slichtis quent.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F2^v The Leaves..of a Tree,..are of a more solid Texture..than the Blossoms, which seem to be of a slighter make.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 537 Their Faces are of a flat oval Figure, of the Negro make.

1719 Free-thinker No. 148. 1 A Greek Virgin, of exquisite Make and Feature.

1745 E. Young Consolation 45 Nature..gave A Make to Man directive of his Thought; A Make set upright.

1751 D. Jeffries Treat. Diamonds (ed. 2) 23 A right knowledge of the true make of Diamonds.

1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 390 Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik, Bonie, and bloomin and straught was its make.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xi. 140 He had an English look; that is, was square In make, of a complexion white and ruddy.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 32 The apparently isolated molecules, found in the make of the polype and various worms, are ganglions of nervous irritation.

1839 F. P. D. Radcliffe Noble Sci.: Ideas Fox-hunting iii. 29 Beyond all other points in shape or make, I would especially direct the attention of any one hunting Herts, to feet.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 291 The Jura rock, balanced in the make of it between chalk and marble.

1887 G. S. Heatley Dog Fancier's Friend ii. 44 There are other considerations besides the make and shape of a dog, depending..upon the precise object which the would-be possessor entertains.

1900 Daily News 16 Mar. 3/4 The bending competition, in which the considerations of pace, precision, riding, and ‘make’ [of a pony] are joined in equal importance.

1939 C. R. Acton Hounds iii. 22 One sees most distinctly the old Lord Henry Bentinck sort gradually losing its hold over the make and shape and colouring of foxhounds.

1973 G. A. Browne 11 Harrowhouse St. viii. 81 ‘A beautiful make,’ complimented Chesser, referring..to the diamond's correct proportions, its finish and polish and the symmetry of its facets.

1991 Dogs Monthly Feb. 28/3 She was rangey, had the correct make and shape and no glaring faults, but there just wasn't enough of her.

1996 Scotsman 29 Mar. 37/2 She had..possessed a hands-on knowledge of the make and shape and ways and wiles of the equine as long as she lived.