Mon*tan"ic (?), a. [L. montanus, fr. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount,
n.] Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.
Mon"ta*nist (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian
enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the
Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for
purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic (#),
Mon`ta*nis"tic*al (#), a.
Mon"tant (?), n. [F.,prop., mounting, fr. monter to mount, fr. L. mons,
montis, mountain. See Mount.] 1. (Fencing) An upward thrust or blow.
Shak.
2. (Arch.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a
stile. [R.] See Stile.
||Mont" de pi`é`té" (?). [F., fr. It. monte di pietà mount of piety.]
||One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in
||Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a
||low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of
||piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in
||Spain and France. See Lombard-house.
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||Mon"te (mn"t), n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards
||remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis,
||mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice
||or cards.
Monte`-ac"id (?), n. [F. monter to raise + acide acid.] (Chem.) An acid
elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a
sulphuric acid manufactory.
Mon*teith" (?), n. See Monteth.
Mon"tem (?), n. [L. ad montem to the hillock. See Mount, n.] A custom,
formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going
every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and
exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the
senior scholar of the school.
Mon*te"ro (?), n. [Sp. montera a hunting cap, fr. montero a huntsman,
monte a mountain, forest, L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n.] An
ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. Bacon.
{ Mon*teth" (?), Mon*teith" (?) }, n. A vessel in which glasses are
washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by one vessel
saved his name from death.
King.
||Mont`gol"fier (?), n. A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air
||heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers,
||Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and
||sent up a fire balloon.
Month (mnth), n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. mnð, mnað; akin to mna moon,
and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. mnd, Icel. mnuðr, mnaðr, Goth.
mnþs. √272. See Moon.] One of the twelve portions into which the
year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to
the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In
popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days,
unless otherwise expressed. Blackstone. In the United States the rule
of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean
a calendar month. Cooley's Blackstone.
A month mind. (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A
celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after
death. Strype. -- Calendar months, the months as adjusted in the common
or Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November, containing
30 days, and the rest 31, except February, which, in common years, has
28, and in leap years 29. -- Lunar month, the period of one revolution
of the moon, particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are
distinguished, as the synodical month, or period from one new moon to
the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m. 2.87 s.; the nodical month,
or time of revolution from one node to the same again, in length 27 d.
5 h. 5 m. 36 s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to the
same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the anomalistic, or time
of revolution from perigee to perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18
m. 37.4 s.; and the tropical, or time of passing from any point of the
ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7 s. -- Solar
month, the time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac,
in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1 s.
Month"ling (?), n. That which is a month old, or which lives for a
month. [R.] Wordsworth.
Month"ly, a. 1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the
monthly revolution of the moon.
2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every
month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a
monthly magazine.
Monthly nurse, a nurse who serves for a month or some short time, esp.
one which attends women after childbirth.
Month"ly, n.; pl. Monthlies (&?;). A publication which appears
regularly once a month.
Month"ly, adv. 1. Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes
monthly. Shak.
2. As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic.
[Obs.] Middleton.
Mon"ti*cle (?), n. [L. monticulus, dim. of mons, montis, mountain: cf.
F. monticule. See Mount, n.] A little mount; a hillock; a small
elevation or prominence. [Written also monticule.]
Mon*tic"u*late (?), a. Furnished with monticles or little elevations.
Mon"ti*cule (?), n. See Monticle.
Mon*tic"u*lous (?), a. Monticulate.
Mon"ti*form (?), a. [L. mons, montis, mountain + -form.] Resembling a
mountain in form.
Mon*tig"e*nous (?), a. [L. montigena; mons, montis, mountain + the root
of gignere to beget.] Produced on a mountain.
||Mon`toir" (?), n. [F., fr. monter to mount. See Montant.] A stone
||used in mounting a horse; a horse block.
Mon"ton (?), n. [Sp.] (Mining) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the
process of amalgamation.