What is "to make dainty"

Dainty \Dain"ty\, a. [Compar. Daintier; superl. Daintiest.]

1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]

   Full many a deynt['e] horse had he in stable.
   --Chaucer.

   Note: Hence the proverb ``dainty maketh dearth,'' i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious.

2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

   Dainty bits Make rich the ribs.
   --Shak.

3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.

   Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy.
   --Milton.

   I would be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist.
   --Tennyson.

4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.

   Thew were a fine and dainty people.
   --Bacon.

   And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away.
   --Shak.

   To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.]

   Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns.
   --Shak.