a. [ Pref. a- (for of) + kin. ] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This adjective is used only after the noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'akinhsi`a quiescence; 'a priv. + ki`nhsis motion. ] (Med.) Loss of the ability for voluntary muscle movement. Foster. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖/mhw>, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to akinesia. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hot or baking manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Journalism) Still happening or becoming known at the present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news; a breaking story. [ PJC ]

n. The act of breaking something.
Syn. -- breakage, break. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of can. ] A little can or cup. “And let me the canakin clink.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material of which of which cloaks are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A process of discovering the content of an encoded message or the nature of a code{ 5 }. The method used may be surreptitious, or may use sophisticated mathematical and computational techniques to discover the code. [ PJC ]

n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; as, earth-shaking proposals; an earth-shaking event.
Syn. -- world-shaking, world-shattering(predicate), world shattering(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. able to communicate in English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being flaky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A prediction; also, a preface. [ Obs. ] Camden. Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Freakish. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. able to communicate in French.
Syn. -- Francophone, Francophonic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. able to communicate in the German language. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. It is sometimes carried out by an official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground, to begin the preparatory excavation work.
Syn. -- groundbreaking ceremony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing overpowering sorrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A breaking in; inroad; invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ladykin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
Syn. -- crime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Enacting laws; legislative. -- n. The enacting of laws; legislation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being leaky. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having liquid seeping in or out through openings; leaky.
Syn. -- leaky. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Taking of leave; the act of departing politely; the giving of parting compliments. Shak.
Syn. -- farewell, leave, parting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Courtship. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sexual intercourse. [ PJC ]

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 ]

5. External appearance; from. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 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 ]

n. 1. The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of becoming reconciled or friendly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. Some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dwarf. See Manikin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The characteristic style or manner that a person uses to express himself orally.
Syn. -- delivery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The making of maps and charts; cartography.
Syn. -- cartography. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Meak. ] (Naut.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meaking iron (Naut.), the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. -- n. The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An error; a mistake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]