Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 76
Motley (a.) Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. "A motley fool." -- Shak.
Motley (a.) Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. -- Byron.
Motley (n.) 雜色布；（小丑穿的）雜色花衣 [U]；小丑，丑角 [C]；混雜物 [S] [（+of）] A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. -- Chaucer. "Motley 's the only wear." -- Shak.
Motley (n.) Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Man of motley, A fool. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Motley (a.) Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social" -- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)].
Motley (a.) Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi- colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured].
Motley (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley].
Motley (n.) A garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume).
Motley (n.) A multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England.
Motley (v.) Make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn: vary, variegate, motley].
Motley (v.) Make motley; color with different colors [syn: motley, parti-color].
Motley -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 1426
Housing Units (2000): 839
Land area (2000): 989.377882 sq. miles (2562.476841 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.430342 sq. miles (1.114580 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 989.808224 sq. miles (2563.591421 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 34.084808 N, 100.789688 W
Headwords:
Motley
Motley, TX
Motley County
Motley County, TX
Motley, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 585
Housing Units (2000): 270
Land area (2000): 1.321566 sq. miles (3.422839 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.067839 sq. miles (0.175703 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.389405 sq. miles (3.598542 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44422
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.335089 N, 94.645866 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Motley, MN
Motley
Motley-minded (a.) Having a mind of a jester; foolish. -- Shak.
Motmot (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note. [Written also momot.]
Motmot (n.) Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage [syn: motmot, momot].
Moto (n.) [It.] (Mus.) Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.
Moton (n.) (Anc. Armor) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.
Motor (n.) One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.
Motor (n.) (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
Motor (n.) A motor car; an automobile. [archiac Colloq.] Motory; Motor
Motor (n.) Alt. of Motorial.
Motor, Motory, Motorial (a.) Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.
Motor (a.) Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves" [syn: centrifugal, motor(a)].
Motor (a.) Causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy" [syn: motive(a), motor].
Motor (n.) Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.
Motor (n.) A nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action."
Motor (v.) Travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" [syn: drive, motor].
Motorist (n.) 乘汽車者，常坐汽車的人 Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile [syn: {motorist}, {automobilist}].
Motory (n.) Alt. of Motorial.
Motorial (n.) Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.
Motorman (n.) A man who controls a motor. [Archaic]
Motorman (n.) An operator of a motor vehicle, especially of a streetcar or subway train.
Motorman (n.) The operator of streetcar.
Motorpathic (a.) Of or pertaining to motorpathy.
Motorpathy (n.) (Med.) Same as Kinesiatrics.
Motte (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie. [Local, U.S.]
Mottled (imp. & p. p.) of Mottle.
Mottling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mottle.
Mottle (v. t.) To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Mottle (n.) A mottled appearance.
Mottle (n.) An irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green."
Mottle (v.) Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained [syn: mottle, streak, blotch].
Mottle (v.) Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud].
Mottled (a.) Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." --Drayton.
Mottled (a.) Having spots or patches of color [syn: dappled, mottled].
Mottoes (n. pl. ) of Motto.
Motto (n.) (Her.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, . . . "Serve God, and be cheerful." -- Addison.
Motto (n.) A favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth].
Mottoed (a.) Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.
Motty (a.) Full of, or consisting of, motes. [Written also mottie.] [Scot.]
The motty dust reek raised by the workmen. -- H. Miller.
Mouchoir (n.) [F.] A handkerchief.
Mouezzin (n.) See Muezzin.
Muezzin (n.) [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer; the Moslem official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day. [Written also mouezzin, mueddin, muazzin, mu'adhdhin, and muwazzin.]
Muezzin (n.) The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day [syn: muezzin, muazzin, muadhdhin].
Moue (n.) （表示厭惡等的）噘嘴；怪相；顰蹙 A little grimace; pout.
Moue (n.) A disdainful grimace [syn: {pout}, {moue}, {wry face}]
// Made a moue of disappointment.
Mouflon (n.) (Zool.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
Mouflon (n.) Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia [syn: mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimon].
Mought (mout), obs. imp. of May. Might.
Mouillation (n.) (Phon.) The act of uttering the sound of a mouille letter.
Mouille (a.) (Phon.) Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ? in Portuguese, lh and nh. Moulder; Mould
Compare: Moldy
Moldy, Mouldy, (a.) [Compar. Moldieror Mouldier; superl. Moldiest or Mouldiest.] [From Mold the growth of fungi.] Overgrown with, or containing, mold; smelling of mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.
Mould () Alt. of Mouldy.
Moulder () Alt. of Mouldy.
Mouldy () See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.
Mouldy (a.) Covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor" [syn: moldy, mouldy, musty].
Moule (v. i.) To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold. [Obs.]
Let us not moulen thus in idleness. -- Chaucer. Mouline
Mouline (n.) Alt. of Moulinet.
Moulinet (n.) The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like.
Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon.
Compare: Molt
Molt, Moult (v. t.) To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. Molt
Molt, Moult, (n.) The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
Molt, Moult (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling molt.]
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. -- Bacon. Molt
Moult (v. & n.) See Molt.
Moult (n.) Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis].
Moult (v.) Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough].
Moulten (a.) Having molted. [Obs.] "A moulten raven." -- Shak.
Compare: Mow
Mow (v.) [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] [AS. magan. See May, v.] May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. -- Chaucer.
Moun (v.) pl. of Mow, may. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Mounch (v. t.) To munch. [Obs.]
Compare: Munch
Munch (v. t. & i.) [imp. & p. p. Munched; p. pr. & vb. n. Munching.] To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [Formerly written also maunch and mounch.]
I could munch your good dry oats. -- Shak.
Mounded (imp. & p. p.) of Mound.
Mounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mound.
Mound (v. t.) To fortify or inclose with a mound. moundbird
Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. -- Dryden.
Mound bird. (Zool.) See moundbird in the vocabulary.
Mound builders (Ethnol.), The tribe, or tribes, of North American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that occupied the country when discovered by Europeans.
Mound maker (Zool.), Any one of the megapodes. See also moundbird in the vocabulary.
Shell mound, A mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See Midden, and Kitchen middens.
Mound (n.) (Baseball) The slight elevation on which the pitcher stands [syn: mound, hill, pitcher's mound].
Mound (n.) A small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock].
Mound (n.) A collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus]
Mound (n.) Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" [syn: mound, hill].
Mound (n.) The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound" [syn: pitcher, mound].
Mound (v.) Form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth."
Mound, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 12
Housing Units (2000): 5
Land area (2000): 0.243460 sq. miles (0.630559 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.243460 sq. miles (0.630559 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52565
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 32.337430 N, 91.025694 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71282
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mound, LA
Mound
Mound, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 9435
Housing Units (2000): 4118
Land area (2000): 2.944955 sq. miles (7.627398 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.971012 sq. miles (5.104897 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.915967 sq. miles (12.732295 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44476
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.934912 N, 93.656080 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55364
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mound, MN
Mound
Compare: Megapode
Megapode (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also mound builder, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
Moundbird, mound bird (n.) (Zool.) Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
Megapode (n.) Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl].
Mount (n.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
Mount (n.) A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]
Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. -- Jer. vi. 6.
Mount (n.) A bank; a fund.
Mount (n.) (Palmistry) Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus.
Mount of piety. See Mont de pi['e]t['e].
Mounted (imp. & p. p.) of Mount.
Mounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mount.
Mount (v. i.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. -- Jer. li. 53.
The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. -- Cowley.
Mount (v. i.) To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
Mount (v. i.) To attain in value; to amount.
Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. -- Pope.
Mount (v. t.) To get upon; to ascend; to climb ; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon.
Shall we mount again the rural throne? -- Dryden.
Mount (v. t.) To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
Mount (v. t.) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." -- Dryden.
Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc. ; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame.
Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.
What power is it which mounts my love so high? -- Shak.
Note: 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.) That upon which a person or thing is mounted , especially:
Mount (n.) A horse.
She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. -- G. Eliot.
Mount (n.) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.
Mount (n.) A lightweight horse kept for riding only [syn: saddle horse, riding horse, mount].
Mount (n.) The act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" [syn: climb, mount].
Mount (n.) A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill [syn: mountain, mount].
Mount (n.) A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" [syn: mount, setting].
Mount (n.) Something forming a back that is added for strengthening [syn: backing, mount].
Mount (v.) Attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating."
Mount (v.) Go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane].
Mount (v.) Fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis."
Mount (v.) Put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography."
Mount (v.) Get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out].
Mount (v.) Go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up].
Mount (v.) Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" [syn: mount, put on].
Mount (v.) Copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: ride, mount].
Mount, () To make a file system available for access.
Unix does this by associating the file system with a directory (the "mount point") within a currently mounted file system. The "root" file system is mounted on the root directory, "/" early in the boot sequence. "mount" is also the Unix command to do this, "unmount" breaks the association.
E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page mount(8).
File systems are usually mounted either at boot time under control of /etc/rc (or one of its subfiles) or on demand by an automounter daemon.
Other operating systems such as VMS and DOS mount file systems as separate directory hierarchies without any common ancestor or root directory.
Apparently derived from the physical sense of "mount" meaning "attach", as in "head-mounted display", or "set up", as in "always mount a scratch monkey, etc."
Unix manual page: mount(8).
(1997-04-14)
Mount, () Palestine is a hilly country (Deut. 3:25; 11:11; Ezek. 34:13).
West of Jordan the mountains stretch from Lebanon far down into Galilee, terminating in Carmel. The isolated peak of Tabor rises from the elevated plain of Esdraelon, which, in the south, is shut in by hills spreading over the greater part of Samaria. The mountains of Western and Middle Palestine do not extend to the sea, but gently slope into plains, and toward the Jordan fall down into the Ghor.
East of the Jordan the Anti-Lebanon, stretching south, terminates in the hilly district called Jebel Heish, which reaches down to the Sea of Gennesareth. South of the river Hieromax there is again a succession of hills, which are traversed by wadies running toward the Jordan. These gradually descend to a level at the river Arnon, which was the boundary of the ancient trans-Jordanic territory toward the south.
The composition of the Palestinian hills is limestone, with occasional strata of chalk, and hence the numerous caves, some
of large extent, found there.
Mountable (a.) Such as can be mounted.
Mountain (n.) 山，高山，大山，山脈；大堆，大量 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.
Mountain (n.) pl. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.
Mountain (n.) A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk ; a large quantity.
I should have been a mountain of mummy. -- Shak.
The Mountain (-- La montagne) (French Hist.), A popular name given in 1793 to a party of extreme Jacobins in the National Convention, who occupied the highest rows of seats.
Mountain (a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
Mountain (a.) Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
The high, the mountain majesty of worth. -- Byron.
Mountain antelope (Zool.), The goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), An ornamental tree, the Pyrus Americana (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zool.), The sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), Blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zool.), The catamount. See Catamount.
Mountain chain, A series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zool.), Capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), A variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), A large tree of the genus Simaruba ({Simaruba amarga"> Simaruba ({Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), A small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), A variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), Climbing fumitory. See under Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
Mountain green. (Min.) (b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), A branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), An American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), A variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), A plant of the genus Trifolium ({Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), A series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zool.), The twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zool.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
Mountain
magpie. (Zool.) (b)
The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), A light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), A soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zool.), The ring ousel; -- called also mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), A tree of Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves.
Mountain quail (Zool.), The plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, A series of mountains closely related in position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Mountain rice. (Bot.) (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis). Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina).
Mountain soap (Min.), A soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), A low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. -- Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zool.), The European tree sparrow.
Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
Mountain tobacco (Bot.), A composite plant ({Arnica montana) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
Mountain witch (Zool.), A ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon.
Mountain (n.) A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill [syn: mountain, mount].
Mountain (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad].
Mountain, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 133
Housing Units (2000): 55
Land area (2000): 0.135931 sq. miles (0.352060 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.135931 sq. miles (0.352060 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54740
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.683995 N, 97.864952 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58262
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mountain, ND
Mountain
Mountaineer (n.) 登山家，山地人 An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
Mountaineer (n.) A rude, fierce person. [Obs.]
No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. -- Milton.
Mountaineer (n.) A person who climbs mountains for sport.
Mountaineer (v. i.) 登山 To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.
You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. -- H. James.
Mountaineer (n.) Someone who climbs mountains [syn: mountaineer, mountain climber].
Mountaineer (v.) Climb mountains for pleasure as a sport.
Mountainer (n.) A mountaineer. [Obs.]
Mountainet (n.) A small mountain. [R.]
Mountainous (a.) Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.
Mountainous (a.) Inhabiting mountains. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Mountainous (a.) Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. -- Prior.
Mountainous (a.) Having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous].
Mountainous (a.) Like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man."
Mountainous (a.) Containing many mountains.
Mountainousness (n.) The state or quality of being mountainous.
Mountainside (n.) [ C usually singular ] 山腰；山坡 The side or slope of a mountain.
// Can you see those goats high up on the mountainside?
Mountance (n.) Amount; sum; quantity; extent. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Mountant (a.) Raised; high. [Obs.]
Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull. [R.] -- Shak.
Mountebank (v. i.) To play the mountebank.
Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.
Such is the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank . . . is preferred before an able physician. -- Whitlock.
Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Nothing so impossible in nature but mountebanks will undertake. -- Arbuthnot.
Mountebank (n.) A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes [syn: mountebank, charlatan].
Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
Mountebankish (a.) Like a mountebank or his quackery. -- Howell.
Mountebankism (n.) The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
Mounted (a.) Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.
Mounted (a.) Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.
Mounted (a.) Assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support.
Mounted (a.) Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger" -- F.V.W.Mason
Mountenaunce (n.) Mountance. [Obs.]
Mounter (n.) One who mounts.
Mounter (n.) An animal mounted; a monture. [Obs.]
Mounter (n.) A skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.
Mounter (n.) Someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the staircase" [syn: mounter, climber].
Mounting (n.) The act of one that mounts.
Mounting (n.) That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.
Mounting (n.) (Aeronautics) same as Carriage.
Mounting (n.) An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting].
Mounting (n.) Framework used for support or display.
Mountingly (adv.) In an ascending manner.
Mountlet (n.) A small or low mountain. [R.]
Mounty (v.) The rise of a hawk after prey. -- Sir P. Sidney.