What power is it which mounts my love so high?
Shak.
A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for
use in or about it.
To mount guard (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as
a guard. -- To mount a play, to prepare and arrange the scenery,
furniture, etc., used in the play.
Mount, n. [From Mount, v.] That upon which a person or thing is
mounted, as: (a) A horse.
She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any
mount.
G. Eliot.
(b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like
is mounted; a mounting.
Mount"a*ble (?), a. Such as can be mounted.
Moun"tain (?), n. [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea,
montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a
mountain. See 1st Mount.] 1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising
above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock
forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a
mount.
2. pl. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White
Mountains.