MENTAL

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

2.
n.

A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

3.
a.

Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise. What a mental power This eye shoots forth! Shak. Mental alienation, insanity. -- Mental arithmetic, the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures.


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