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A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.

A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.

A small rent paid to the lord paramount. [Obs.] Swift.

ly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.

Being or dwelling around the earth. "Circumterraneous demouns." H. Hallywell.

A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.

On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house. Clearing house, the establishment where the business of clearing is carried on. See above, 3.

to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost. The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst. Zech. xiv. 4.

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] Tusser.

controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.

charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebrai…

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

A small hill or mount. [Obs.] And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn.

(with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. -- To come to blows. See under Blow. -- To come to grief. See under Grief. -- To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a bo…