Webster's Dictionary 1913

4834

Monstruosity

Mon′stru‐os″i‐ty (?), n. Monstrosity. Shak.

4835

Monstruous

Mon″stru‐ous (?), a. Monstrous.

4836

Mont

‖Mont (?), n. [F. See Mount, n.] Mountain.

4837

Mont de piété

‖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 o...

4838

Montaigne

Mon″taigne (?), n. A mountain.

4839

Montanic

Mon‐tan″ic (?), a. [L. montanus, fr. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n.] Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.

4840

Montanist

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...

4841

Montant

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 ...

4842

Monte

‖Mon″te (mŏn″tā̍), 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...

4843

Monte (2)

‖Mon″te (?), n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.

4844

Monte-acid

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.

4845

Monte-jus

‖Monte″–jus″ (?), n. [F., fr. monter to bring up + jus juice.] An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing the liquid.

4846

Monteith

Mon‐teith″ (?), n. See Monteth.

4847

Monteith (3)

Mon‐teith″ (?), n. A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging the color; — so called from the Gl...

4848

Montem

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 ...

4849

Montero

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...

4850

Montessori Method

Mon′tes‐so″ri Meth″od (?). (Pedagogy) A system of training and instruction, primarily for use with normal children aged from three to six years, devised by Dr. Maria Montessori ...

4851

Monteth

{ 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 MontethHas by one ve...

4852

Montgolfier

‖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,...

4853

Month

Month (mŭnth), n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. mōnð, mōnað; akin to mōna moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. mānōd, Icel. mānuðr, mānaðr, Goth. mēnōþs. √272. See Moon.] One o...

4854

Monthling

Month″ling (?), n. That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. Wordsworth.

4855

Monthly

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; ...

4856

Monthly (2)

Month″ly, n.; pl.Monthlies (�). A publication which appears regularly once a month.

4857

Monthly (3)

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. Middleton.

4858

Monticle

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 mon...

4859

Monticulate

Mon‐tic″u‐late (?), a. Furnished with monticles or little elevations.

4860

Monticule

Mon″ti‐cule (?), n. See Monticle.