MOUNT

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.

A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.] Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi. 6.

A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piété.

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.

To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

To attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope.

To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne Dryden.

To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.

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.

To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high Shak.

That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as:

A horse. She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.

The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.