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See Monticle.

Monticulate.

Resembling a mountain in form.

Produced on a mountain.

A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

A hole in the wall of a pottery kiln, by which the state of the pieces within can be judged.

See Matross. [Obs.]

That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse. [Obs.] Spenser.

A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds.

A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.

Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n.

On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right. Bell.

but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers.

A wether sheep between one and two years old. [Scot.]

the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed. -- Rail fence, a fence made of ra…

Same as Frumenty.

Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.

A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [Written also laumonite.]