3. A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective
body of minstrels' songs. Chaucer. "The minstrelsy of heaven." Milton.
Mint (mnt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa, mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus
Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See
Mentha.
Corn mint is Mentha arvensis. -- Horsemint is M. sylvestris, and in the
United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
several respects. -- Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
Pycnanthemum, common in North America. -- Peppermint is M. piperita. --
Spearmint is M. viridis. -- Water mint is M. aquatica.
Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol. -- Mint julep. See Julep. -- Mint
sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
Mint, n. [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money,
fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin
to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See Mind, and
cf. Money, Monition.] 1. A place where money is coined by public
authority.
2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the
supply itself.
A mint of phrases in his brain.
Shak.
Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.] [AS.
mynetian.]
1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into
money.