Mountainer
Moun″tain‐er (?), n. A mountaineer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Mountainet
Moun″tain‐et (?), n. A small mountain.
Mountainous
Moun″tain‐ous (?), a. [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.] 1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.2. Inhabiting mountains. Bacon.3. Large as,...
Mountainousness
Moun″tain‐ous‐ness, n. The state or quality of being mountainous.
Mountance
Mount″ance (?), n. [OF. montance.] Amount; sum; quantity; extent. Chaucer.
Mountant
Mount″ant (?), a. [F. montant, p. pr. of monter. See Mount, and cf. Montant.] Raised; high.
Mountebank
Mount″e‐bank (?), n. [It. montimbanco, montambanco; montare to mount + in in, upon + banco bench. See Mount, and 4th Bank.] 1. One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or o...
Mountebank (2)
Mount″e‐bank, v. t. To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull. Shak.
Mountebank (3)
Mount″e‐bank, v. i. To play the mountebank.
Mountebankery
Mount″e‐bank′er‐y (?), n. The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
Mountebankish
Mount″e‐bank′ish, a. Like a mountebank or his quackery. Howell.
Mountebankism
Mount″e‐bank‐ism (?), n. The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
Mounted
Mount″ed, a. 1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mo...
Mountenaunce
Mount″e‐naunce (?), n. Mountance.
Mounter
Mount″er (?), n. 1. One who mounts.2. An animal mounted; a monture.
Mounting
Mount″ing, n. 1. The act of one that mounts.2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a swor...
Mounting (2)
Mount″ing, n.(Aëronautics) = Carriage.
Mountingly
Mount″ing‐ly, adv. In an ascending manner.
Mountlet
Mount″let (?), n. A small or low mountain.
Mounty
Mount″y (?), n. [F. montée, fr. monter. See Mount, v.] The rise of a hawk after prey. Sir P. Sidney.
Mourn
Mourn (mōrn), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Mourned (mōrnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Mourning.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. maúrnan.] 1. To express or to feel grief or sorr...
Mourn (2)
Mourn, v. t. 1. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.As if he mourned his rival's ill success. Addison.And looking over the hills, I mournThe darling who s...
Mourne
Mourne (mōrn), n. [See 2d Morne.] The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached. Sir P. Sidney.
Mourner
Mourn″er (mōrn″ẽr), n. 1. One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes. Byron.2. One who attends a ...
Mournful
Mourn″ful (?), a. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful...
Mourning
Mourn″ing, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of sombe...
Mourning (2)
Mourn″ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning g...