Make Bricks without Straw. To make something without the needful materials. In the East bricks are made out of straw and mud dried in the sun. The expression comes from the burdens laid upon the Israelites in Egypt as related in Exodus v.: “Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.”
Make Money out of a Shoe-string. An Americanism for a capacity to make money out of nothing--that is, without working capital.
Make the Raise. An Americanism for to “raise the loan.”
Make the Sneak. An Americanism for to sneak or run away.
Make Tracks. Originally a Far West expression when a squatter deserted his claim and set out to explore an unknown region.
Make Trade hum. An Americanism for whipping up business by advertising or extraordinary energy.
Malaga. From the Phœnician malaca, salt. The wine of the same name is imported from this city of Spain.
Malmsey. Wine from Malvasia, an island in the Mediterranean historically famous for its vineyards.
Malta. From the Phœnician Melita, “a place of refuge.”
Mamelukes. From the Arabic mamluc, a slave. The original standing army of Egypt, composed of boy slaves purchased by the Sultan from the Tartar Khan in the Caucasus in the thirteenth century.