Webster's Dictionary 1913

4591

Monistic

Mo‐nis″tic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism.

4592

Monition

Mo‐ni″tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.] 1. Instruction or advice given by way o...

4593

Monitive

Mon″i‐tive (?), a. Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow.

4594

Monitor

Mon″i‐tor (?), n. [L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor.] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of repr...

4595

Monitor (2)

Mon″i‐tor, n. A monitor nozzle.

4596

Monitor nozzle

Monitor nozzle. A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing ap...

4597

Monitorial

Mon′i‐to″ri‐al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.2. Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial sch...

4598

Monitorially

Mon′i‐to″ri‐al‐ly, adv. In a monitorial manner.

4599

Monitorship

Mon″i‐tor‐ship (?), n. The post or office of a monitor.

4600

Monitory

Mon″i‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. monitorius.] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange.

4601

Monitory (2)

Mon″i‐to‐ry, n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.

4602

Monitress

{ Mon″i‐tress (?), Mon″i‐trix (?), } n. A female monitor.

4603

Monk

Monk (?), n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. �, fr. μόνοσ alone. Cf. Monachism.] 1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes him...

4604

Monk's seam

Monk's″ seam′ (?). (Naut.) An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.

4605

Monkery

Monk″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Monkeries (�). 1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; — now usually applied by way of reproach.Miters, and wretched dead mediæval ...

4606

Monkey

Mon″key (?), n.; pl.Monkeys (#). [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It. monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See Madonna.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) In the most genera...

4607

Monkey (2)

Mon″key, v. t. & i. To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.To monkey with, to handle in a meddlesome manner.

4608

Monkey-bread

Mon″key–bread′ (?), n.(Bot.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.

4609

Monkey-cup

Mon″key–cup′ (?), n.(Bot.) See Nepenthes.

4610

Monkey-pot

Mon″key–pot′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing de...

4611

Monkey's puzzle

Mon″key's puz″zle (?). (Bot.) A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted “as to puzzle a monkey to climb.” The ...

4612

Monkeytail

Mon″key‐tail′ (?), n.(Naut.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. Totten.

4613

Monkfish

Monk″fish (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The angel fish (Squatina). (b) The angler (Lophius).

4614

Monkflower

Monk″flow′er (?), n.(Bot.) A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different fo...

4615

Monkhood

Monk″hood (?), n. [Monk + -hood.] 1. The character or condition of a monk. Atterbury.2. Monks, regarded collectively. Longfellow.

4616

Monking

Monk″ing, a. Monkish. Coleridge.

4617

Monkish

Monk″ish, a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. — Monk″ish‐ness, n.