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Making-up   Listen
noun
Making-up  n.  
1.
The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof.
2.
The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Making-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... of all cuts by pasting proofs of them on the margin of the galley-proofs nearest the place desired. The time occupied by the "make-up" in "overrunning" matter for the insertion of cuts is charged as "author's time," and they can be inserted at less expense in the galley-proofs while making-up the type into pages than at any other time. All alterations, so far as practicable, for the same reason, should also be made in the galley-proofs, especially those which involve an increase or decrease in the amount ...
— The Building of a Book • Various



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