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Mountain.

One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.…

A mountain. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.

A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic, Mon`ta*nis"tic*al, a.

An upward thrust or blow. Shak.

A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.

An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.

An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing the liquid.

See Monteth.

A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of giing every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.

An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. Bacon.

primarily for use with normal children aged from three to six years, devised by Dr. Maria Montessori while teaching in the "Houses of Childhood" (schools in the poorest tenement districts of Rome, Italy), and first fully described by her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for physical activity (no stationary desks a…

ashed; -- so called from the name of the inventor. New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by one vessel saved his name from death. King.

air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.

That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. [R.] Wordsworth.

Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence. [Written also monticule.]

Furnished with monticles or little elevations.