make-upn.adj.
/ˈmeɪkʌp/, U.S. /ˈmeɪˌkəp/ A. n.† III. Senses relating to resolution or settlement.
I. Senses relating to compensatory action or completion.
1. † a. Something which makes up for a disappointment, injury, etc.; a compensatory aspect, action, etc. Obsolete in gen. use.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > for loss or damage
recompense1473
assythmentc1540
emends1542
reprise?1577
assything1708
indemnification1732
make-up1817
1817 J. Keats Let. 21 Sept. (1958) I. 163 Failings I am always rather rejoiced to find in a Man than sorry for; for they bring us to a Level—He has them,—but then his makes-up are very good.
?1852 E. C. Gaskell Let. (1966) 855 She is grievously disappointed & so am I at your non-account of the Deane's dance; she says ‘you might have sent it her as a make up for not going’.
1859 W. Chadwick Life De Foe vi. 309 He was taken into diplomatic service by Harley, as a make-up..for his forced neglect of his pamphleteer while confined in Newgate.
b. Replenishment of a substance, amount, or resource so as to bring it up to some required or agreed level, esp. in an industrial process; that which is added to achieve this, spec. water added to a boiler to replace what has evaporated. See also sense B. Cf. to make up 3 at make v.1 Phrasal verbs 1.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > supply of water or air to
feed-water1862
fan draught1894
make-up1930
1930 Engineering 10 Jan. 56/1 Others..treat the entire boiler feed water, including condensate and make-up, [etc.].
1955 Proc. Internat. Conf. Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy (United Nations) III. 4/2 The inventory is the total of all separated fissile fuel supplied to the reactor or system other than produced internally in the reactor, less the amount assignable to the steady rate of make-up.
1959 Gloss. Terms Work Study (B.S.I.) 29 Make-up, the amount of adjustment in terms of money or time required to bring a worker's earnings up to his guaranteed minimum.
1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps vi. 71 The ½d stamp was withdrawn from general sale on 30 June 1969. Practically the only use for such an insignificant amount was as a make-up on letters posted in travelling post offices.
1972 R. G. Kazmann Mod. Hydrol. (ed. 2) iv. 133 A 500 megawatt plant will use 500,000 gallons of water an hour for makeup purposes.
1991 Mining Mag. Feb. 89/2 Once wide orebody mining is fully implemented, the monthly tonnage make-up is expected to be 30,000 t from destress mining.
c. North American colloquial. A second examination for a student who has missed or failed the first one. Cf. resit n.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > resit
post-mortem1827
make-up1934
resit1939
retake1976
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Make-up,..Educ. A special examination in which a student may make up for absence or failure at a regular examination. Colloq.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §835/1 Make-up (exam), a second examination to take the place of one omitted or in which a student has failed.
1958 Barnard Coll. Announcement 1958–9 161 Instructors are not required to give make-ups to those absent from previously announced quizzes.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 11/2 (advt.) Separate subject courses for 8th grade math, history, English... Excellent for make-up, brush-up or enrichment.
1992 R. M. Davis Mid-lands x. 129 Every job was a test with no make-up.
II. Senses relating to composition and appearance.
2. The manner in which something is made up, put together, or composed; composition, constitution; (sometimes) spec. the character or temperament of a person or animal.
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]
heartOE
erda1000
moodOE
i-mindOE
i-cundeOE
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lundc1175
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custc1275
couragec1300
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qualityc1300
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propertyc1390
naturea1393
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proprietya1400
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makingc1400
conditionc1405
habitc1405
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engine1488
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mind?a1513
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affection1534
vein1536
humour?1563
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facultyc1565
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temperature1583
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bent1587
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composition1597
character1600
tune1600
qualification1602
infusion1604
spirits1604
dispose1609
selfness1611
disposure1613
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racea1616
tempera1616
crasisc1616
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grain1641
turn1647
complexure1648
genie1653
make1674
personality1710
tonea1751
bearing1795
liver1800
make-up1821
temperament1821
naturalness1850
selfhood1854
Wesen1854
naturel1856
sit1857
fibre1864
character structure1873
mentality1895
mindset1909
psyche1910
where it's (he's, she's) at1967
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun]
shapec1050
composition1382
temperc1400
confectionc1420
temperament1471
frame?1520
compage1550
architecture1590
compacture1590
structure?1591
fabricaturec1600
constitution1601
membrature1606
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economy1644
fabric1644
conformation1646
composier1648
constructurea1652
compages1660
mechanism1662
compound1671
construction1707
componency1750
formation1774
make-up1821
1821 Examiner 708/1 Some national distinctions in the make-up of French and English minds.
1855 J. M. Smith in F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom Introd. p. xxix I asked..whether he thought Mr. Douglass's power inherited from the Negroid, or from what is called the Caucasian side of his make-up.
1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 62 Something in the pattern or make-up of their clothes.
1875 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. 3/2 Every item of wood, iron, or upholstery which enters into the make-up..of a Pullman sleeper is Selected with Skilled Care.
1891 Field 5 Dec. 865/3 Our Cambridge correspondent describes the practice..and gives the make up of the crews.
1918 Stars & Stripes 15 Mar. 6/5 There will be no changes in the line-up of the Champion White Sox next year... Manager Rowland does not plan any shifts in the makeup of his team.
1928 Morning Post 23 Mar. 15 M. Poincaré..works alone, and has nothing of the people's tribune in his make-up.
1965 G. N. Garmonsway in J. B. Bessinger & R. P. Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 140 He becomes the prototype of the more ruthless type of Germanic hero, with a touch in his make-up of the berserk or ruffian.
1984 J. Archer First among Equals (1985) xxviii. 347 When Roy Jenkins had announced the make-up of his shadow team Andrew was appointed Defence spokesman.
1995 Farmers Weekly 31 Mar. 39/4 He believes aeration may also alter the nitrogen make-up of slurry.
3.
a. colloquial and regional. Something (esp. food) made up from odds and ends.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > dish of many ingredients > [noun]
rapé1381
jussel?c1390
hodgepotc1430
composta1475
olla1535
olla podrida1590
gallimaufry1591
pot-pourri1611
hodge-podge1622
olio1642
potrido1651
salmagundi1674
oil1706
Solomon-gundy1752
chow-chow1795
powsowdie1816
make-up1841
poor do1870
scramble1893
mulligan1898
pot mess1914
chow1926
katogo1940
panaché1961
1841 Bentley's Misc. May 457 She..could decide without entering the house..when there was a ‘hash’ or a ‘make up’.
1877 J. M. Neilson Poems 48 The treacle mak'-up on the candyman's stand.
1924 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want v. 129 The sort of refreshments caterers supply at a public entertainment like this—left-overs and make-ups, from the local restaurants.
b. A made-up story; an invention, a fiction. Also (Irish English (northern)): a lie.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun] > an invention, fiction, story
fablec1300
fantasy1362
feigning1388
invention?a1513
story?1531
finctionc1540
figment1577
fingure1593
fiction1599
knavigation1613
flam1632
gun1720
novel1764
fabrication1790
fudge1797
gag1805
myth1840
make-up1844
concoction1885
fictionalization1954
1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury III. xiv. 184 The whole story is one of the most singular make-ups that ever attained universal credence.
1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 101 Have you undergone a great transformation? The necessity for it is no make-up of mine, remember.
1885 G. B. Shaw in Time Mar. 327 He came..to try and show that the blessed miracle was a make-up.
1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain xv. 238 I'm quite sure it's all a make-up. They think it's true.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 215/2 Make up, a lie, an invented story.
4.
a. Originally Theatre slang. The action or process of making up with cosmetics, etc.; the work involved in doing this; (also) an instance or occasion of making up.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun]
make-up1846
making-up1869
maquillage1892
1846 W. Robson Old Play-goer viii. 177 Grimaldi had scarcely less make-up of face than Munden had.
1858 G. Arnold tr. W. Frikell Sociable 135 The necessary make-up of this gentleman may at first dishearten amateur managers.
1880 J. K. Angus Amateur Acting 135 What, in theatrical parlance, is called the ‘make-up’. This has reference to the alteration made to the appearance of the face, so as to indicate youth, age, or character.
1922 J. Erskine Coll. Poems 120 If this world be a stage, what hours we give To tedious make-up in the tiring-room.
1930 Punch 8 Jan. 47/2 One ‘make-up’ each morning, says Popkin, is plenty.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 20/2 It is a good idea to have also a magnifying mirror for shaving or make-up.
1978 G. Greene Human Factor v. iii. 289 Perhaps you will no longer be Mr Partridge, another make-up in the car, another passport.
b. An appearance of face, dress, etc., adopted for a theatrical performance or other public appearance.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [noun] > assumed appearance
make-up1852
1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 29 June (1954) II. 40 They came..with..Madame Mohl, whose make-up was certainly extraordinary, but I suppose she is a superior woman.
1862 C. Dickens Let. 16 Mar. (1998) X. 53 Add to this, a perfectly picturesque and romantic ‘make up’,..and you have the leading virtues of the impersonation.
1872 Punch 19 Oct. 163/1 His make-up was admirable, his playing of the first and last act well-nigh faultless.
1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man iii. 61 In her make-up she studiously affected..the vigour and strength of middle life.
1899 Harper's Weekly 23 Dec. 1297 ‘They tell me you've been on the stage, my man.’ ‘Yes sir,’ said I... ‘Understand all about make-ups?’ said he. ‘Yes, sir. All there is to know,’ said I.
1957 V. J. Kehoe Technique Film & Television Make-up vii. 86 Facial lining for old age and other character make-ups should not look like ‘hen scratchings’.
c. colloquial. Style of dress; get-up. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun]
wearing?c1225
guisec1275
attire1382
habita1420
shapea1425
trick1542
fashion1544
trim1579
suit shape1598
garb1608
form1664
toilet1752
macaroni dressa1777
turn-out1812
style1814
set-out1834
get-up1842
rig1843
feather1854
model1859
make-up1883
1883 Daily News 6 Sept. 2/2 The mongrel cross-country make-up indulged in for the Spa promenade.
1918 Stars & Stripes 22 Feb. 3/1 Have your post card photos of yourself taken before you sail. You can borrow the makeup—tin hat, gas masks and all the rest—from the guy in your regiment who's had them issued to him.
d. concrete. Cosmetics, theatrical paint, etc., as used in making up the face, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > make-up
make-up1886
grease-paint1888
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion
paste?a1425
pomatum1562
reparation1579
pomade1598
lustrification1631
butter?1762
war-paint1869
toiletry1917
face1923
make-up1932
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face
slap1860
make-up1932
Polyfilla1956
mattifier1996
1886 All Year Round 28 Aug. 78 The whole tribe of Cosmetics, curtly designated in theatrical parlance as ‘make-up’.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Jan. 2/1 I..asked for a towel and soap to wash my make-up off.
1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road vii. 135 She had made herself look quieter than before. It may have been that she had less make-up on.
1959 J. Braine Vodi xxi. 229 Her mother would..put on a little makeup. The lipstick and rouge seemed to give the large face..not less but more dignity.
1971 Petticoat 17 July 2/2 Why do girls spend pounds on clothes, makeup and hairdos?
1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xii. 298 Koppel, having put on his makeup and his earpiece,..goes into the greenroom to greet Savimbi, who is waiting to go on camera.
e. colloquial. In a television studio, on a film set, etc.: the place where performers, etc., are made up; (the work of) the people who make up performers, etc.; (also) the act or process of being made up for performance.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > make-up room
make-up1960
1960 Guardian 5 May 9/4 I..lost no time phoning Groucho, who was ‘in make-up’.
1967 M. Shulman Kill 3 iii. viii. 146 ‘She's been to make up?’ ‘Only a bit of powder. We thought the wan look was best.’
1972 New Statesman 28 Apr. 554/3 There are still important women in BBC TV. They have four of the top 70 jobs, to do with planning, education and children's programmes. And Head of Make-up, of course.
1981 D. Wilcox & E. Rantzen Kill Chocolate Biscuit iv. 77 He arrived at the BBC to do a ‘special’ and spent a great deal of time in make-up.
5.
a. Printing. The process of organizing text and other matter into pages; matter so made up; (preparation of) the layout of a page. Also: an editor's selection of articles to form a number of a periodical.
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society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > arrangement into columns or pages
make-up1852
1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel xv That is the ‘make-up’, as we call it, of the third and fourth sheets of the Magazine.
1899 Daily News 23 May 10/5 Compositor (Society) seeks situation. All-round jobbing, posters, make up, etc.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Dec. 1020/4 The ‘make-up’ of each page must be designed as an artistic whole.
1942 H. L. Mencken Diary 9 Oct. (1989) 218 Swanson has been trying to reform the woman's page of the evening paper... He has three young women at work on it... They are at their worst when it comes to make up.
1987 Graphics World Nov.–Dec. 57/1 For page make-up, there is PageMaker (ideal for fairly simple work).
b. The adding up and balancing of accounts at the end of a certain period. Cf. to make up 7 at make v.1 Phrasal verbs 1.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > balancing of accounts
balance1588
rescounter1622
balancing1668
making-up1847
bank reconciliation1898
make-up1952
1952 Economist 21 June 839 Electricity repayments by B.E.A. completed by the date of the May make-up.
1975 Guardian 20 Jan. 12/2 On the latest make-up date, the banks' acquisitions of interest-bearing liabilities were..higher.
6. A reconciliation. Obsolete. rare.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation
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accordc1275
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saughtlinessa1300
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atonement1513
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recorda1540
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atonemaking1611
reconciliage1626
redintegration1631
reintegration1656
according1709
make-up1833
Versöhnung1976
1833 C. Lamb Let. 29 Nov. (1935) III. 390 You..will have many a quarrel and many a make-up.
B. adj. (attributive).
Designating something which serves to make up a required amount or whole, esp. in an industrial process; supplementary. Cf. to make up 3 at make v.1 Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > by supplying what is wanting
supplemental1605
supplianta1616
suppletorya1631
suppletive1633
expletive1652
eking1653
supplementary1667
makeweight1701
suppl.1800
supplementing1851
make-up1885
add-on1955
1885 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Mar. (1965) I. 123 You say you do not pay considerable sums for ‘make-up matter’.
1906 Engineering 21 Dec. 834/2 In this combined grease-eliminator and make-up-water-softener there is, we understand, very little matter precipitated.
1913 C. F. Hirshfeld & W. N. Barnard Elem. Heat-Power Engin. ccccvii. 683 An equal weight of make-up water must be constantly added to the supply of cooling water.
1957 D. T. Clark & B. A. Gottfried Dict. Business & Finance 220/2 Make-up wages, a sum paid to an employee on piece-work rates, representing the difference between actual piece-work earnings and guaranteed earnings.
1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking v. 98 The reactive chemicals consist of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulphide, which are in a mixture with make-up chemical.
1974 N.Y. Times 10 Nov. 112/3 Bd prefers to keep calendar intact in order to avoid paying strikers salaries for make-up time.
1992 Pract. Householder Nov. 61/1 From this piece, cut the two small make-up pieces that fit either side of the drawer front.
1992 D. M. Muir Dust & Fume Control (rev. ed.) ix. 67 Large quantities of make-up water can be needed to compensate for evaporation losses.
Compounds
C1. Compounds of the noun.
a. General attributive.
(a) (In sense A. 3a.)
make-up dinner n. (regional).
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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 6 A make-up dinner, a dinner composed of scraps and remnants.
(b) (In sense A. 4.)
make-up artist n.
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1938 Life 6 June 35/1 In the flesh, they are as handsome as most movie actresses and actors but lack the services of movie make-up artists.
1968 Films in Rev. Dec. 626/2 The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees..has locals for motion picture costumers; make-up artist and hair stylists [etc.].
1989 Bella 29 Apr. 50/1 There's been a big expansion in the business of the make-up artist. Most photographic models used to do their own make-up but now..professionals are used.
1999 Daily Tel. 10 May 13/3 Make-up artists love the creamy, easy-to-blend foundation sticks and professional make-up brushes.
make-up bag n.
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1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Oct. h1 I just carry my big makeup bag, shout ‘Mannequin, mannequin’, and slip by the guards.
1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 57 She then gathered together all the little bottles and tubes and replaced them in their small corduroy make-up bag.
make-up box n.
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1885 J. K. Jerome On Stage 93 A ‘make-up’ box, a dressing-case, writing-case, etc., etc., made a pretty big pile.
1970 J. Didion Play it as it Lays (1971) 7 The letter is still in my makeup box.
make-up case n.
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1975 N. Luard Robespierre Serial vi. 53 She picked up her sweater and make-up case and climbed out of the Ford.
make-up girl n.
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1957 Times 28 Aug. (Radio & T.V. Suppl.) p. xix/2 Ordeal by Television..under the impersonal inspection of..camera-men, make-up girls.
1993 C. Anderson Spice of Life (BNC) She was accosted by a make-up girl who fluffed about with powder and asked her about eye make-up.
make-up kit n.
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1955 A. Huxley Genius & Goddess 51 Ruth..squandered a year's accumulated savings on a make-up kit and a bottle of cheap perfume.
make-up mirror n.
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1964 Harper's Bazaar Nov. 99 The make-up mirror..in black opaline and ormolu, £27.
1985 J. Irving Cider House Rules iv. 125 She kept a cracked makeup mirror on a chopping block at the crowded corner of a kitchen counter.
make-up room n.
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1900 Daily News 15 Nov. 6/1 Some curious illustrations are derived from the ‘make-up room’.
1982 R. Sheppard & M. Valpy National Deal xiii. 264 Cubby-holes in the back corridors turned into make-up rooms and mini-studios.
make-up tray n.
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1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Oct. 3/1 On it are placed candles, a looking-glass, a ‘make-up’ tray [etc.].
(c) (In sense A. 5.)
make-up copy n.
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1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 249/1 Make-up copy, i.e., a set of folded sheets and plates put in the correct order as a pattern.
make-up editor n.
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1903 J. Ralph Making of Journalist xiii. 153 Around the walls are the desks..that of the night or ‘make-up’ editor, and that of the managing editor.
1972 H. Evans Editing & Design: Newsman's Eng. i. 8 In the composing room..an editorial man watches... He may be called a production editor, a make-up editor or a stone sub or stone editor.
make-up hand n.
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1949 R. Hostettler et al. Techn. Terms Printing Industry 122/2 Make-up hand.
b.
make-up man n. (a) a man who applies theatrical make-up; (b) Printing a man skilled at make-up (sense A. 5).
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1896 Living Topics Mag. (N.Y.) Jan. 105 The best stage manager in England, as well as the best make-up man and character delineator.
1922 S. A. Cuneo From Printer to President 43 It was necessary for the owner to be a typesetter, a make-up man, a press feeder, in fact an all 'round printer.
1946 Liberty 25 May 75/2 He goes right to his dressing room, where his pal Webb Overlander, Yale man turned makeup man, is heating up another pot of coffee on a hot plate.
1969 Listener 13 Nov. 669/1 In a scene where Genevieve Page is producing the required tears with frightening realism, Wilder instructs the make-up man to add to them.
1991 M. Munn Hollywood Rogues (BNC) 70 Young looked at Burton on the set and said to the make-up man, ‘You've done a great job.’
C2. Compounds of the adjective.
make-up bed n. a bed that can be set up temporarily.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > makeshift bed
shakedown1754
pallet1839
make-up bed1911
1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways iv. i. 276 I quite forgot about the make-up bed for Florrie.
make-up game n. Baseball a game previously postponed which is played to complete the number of scheduled league matches; cf. sense B.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > game > types of game
shut-out1889
scrub1892
no-hitter1907
slug-fest1916
runathon1932
perfecto1948
laugher1961
make-up game1976
1976 Laurel (Montana) Outlook 30 June 18/1 A make-up game was played with the Owl Cafe scoring 9 and Terry's Texaco, 4.
1986 Toronto Star 28 May e2/5 Bridge has played a dozen club matches in 30 days because of makeup games squeezed between regular-season weekend matches.
1992 B. Geist Little League Confid. xv. 143 Perhaps they smelled blood in the water in our makeup game with Yo Norb's Stool Concepts squad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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