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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mȯn'ey-scrīve'ner, n. p. 853A person who raises money for others.Mȯn'ey-spĭn'ner, n. p. 853A small spider; — so called as being vulgarly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money-matters.Mȯn'ey-wort, n. p. 853(Bot.) An evergreen trailing plant of the genus Nummularia, or of the genus Lysimachia.Mȯng'-côrn, n. p. 853Mixed corn; maslin. [Prov. Eng.]Mȯn'ġer, n. p. 853A trader; a dealer; — now used only or chiefly in composition; as, fish-monger, iron-monger, news-monger, cheese-monger. 2. A small merchant vessel. [Obs.] Blount.Mȯn'ġer, v. t. p. 853To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; — used chiefly in composition, with its object, and often in an ill sense, as implying a petty and discreditable traffic, or a trading in things…Mŏn'gol, n. p. 853(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.Mŏn'gol, a. p. 853(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Mongolia, or its inhabitants.Mon-gō'li-an, a. & n. p. 853The same as MONGOL.Mȯn'grel, a. p. 853Of a mixed breed; hybrid.Mȯn'grel, n. p. 853An animal of a mixed breed.Mō'ni-al, n. p. 853(Arch.) A mullion. [Obs.]Mȯn'ied, a. p. 853See MONEYED.Mo-nĭl'i-fer, n. p. 853(Paleon.) A kind of fossil fish.Mo-nĭl'i-fôrm, a. p. 853(Nat. Science.) Jointed so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform antenna; constructed at regular intervals, so as to produce a bead-like appearance; as, a moniliform root.Mōn'i-ment, n. p. 854Something to preserve memory; a reminder. 2. A mark; an image; a superscription. Spenser.Mŏn'ish, v. t. p. 854To admonish; to warn. [Obs.] See ADMONISH.Mōn'ish-er, n. p. 854One who monishes; an admonisher.Mōn'ish-ment, n. p. 854Admonition. [Obs.]Mo-nī'tion, n. p. 854Instruction given by way of caution; admonition; warning; as, the monitions of a friend. Swift. 2. Information; indication; notice. We have no visible monitions of other periods, such as we have of…Mōn'i-tive, a. p. 854Conveying admonition; admonitory.Mōn'i-tor, n. p. 854One who monishes or admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon. 2. Hence…Mōn'i-tō'ri-al, a. p. 854Pertaining to a monitor. 2. Performed by a monitor. 3. Conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school. 4. Communicated by monitors; as, monitorial instruction.Mōn'i-tō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 854In a monitorial manner.Mōn'i-to-ry, a. p. 854Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange.Mōn'i-to-ry, n. p. 854Admonition; warning. [Obs.]Mōn'i-tress or Mōn'i-trix, n. p. 854A female monitor.Mōnk, n. p. 854A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of celibacy and…Mōnk'er-y, n. p. 854The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs;—a term usually applied by way of reproach. “Capes and miters, and wretched dead medieval monkeries.” Carlyle. 2. A collection of monks.…Mŏnk'ey, n. p. 854(Zoöl.) One of an order of four-footed mammals, having pectoral mammæ, short legs with hand-shaped prehensile feet, usually, long arms with clasping hands, and almost always a prehensile tail; an…Mŏnk'ey-blŏck, n. p. 854(Naut.) A small single block strapped with a swivel. Dana.Mōn'k'ey-bōat, n. p. 854(Naut.) A boat employed in the docks. Simmonds.Mōn'k'ey-brēad, n. p. 854(Bot.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata, a tree of tropical Africa, having an oblong, green body containing cells, in each of which are several hard, shining seeds immersed in a soft pulp, from…Mōnk'ey-cŭp, n. p. 854(Bot.) A tropical plant of the genus Nepenthes, inhabiting the warmer and damper parts of Asia, having petioles which are vase-shaped and hollow, and contain water secreted by a glandular apparatus…Mŏnk'ey-flow'er, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant of the genus Mimulus;— so called from the appearance of the gaping corolla. Gray.Mŏnk'ey-īsm, n. p. 854The conduct of a monkey; resemblance to a monkey in disposition or actions.Mŏnk'ey-jăck'et, n. p. 854A long, tailless, close-fitting jacket, usually of some coarse or stout material.Mŏnk'ey-rāil, n. p. 854(Naut.) A second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter-rail of a ship.Mŏnk'ey-tāil, n. p. 854A short, round iron bar used in naval gunnery. Totten.Mŏnk'ey-wrĕnch, n. p. 854A wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.Mŏnk'-fish, n. p. 854(Ichth.) A fish belonging to the sharks; the same as KINGSTON.Mōnk'hŏod, n. p. 854The character or condition of a monk.Mōnk'ing, a. p. 854Monkish. “Monasteries and other monking receptacles.” Coleridge.Mōnk'ish, a. p. 854Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.Mōnk'ly, a. p. 854Resembling, relating to, or becoming, a monk; monkish.Mōnk'-sēal, n. p. 854(Zoöl.) A species of seal of the genus Pelagius (P. monachus), found in the Adriatic Sea and along the coast of Sardinia. Baird.Mōnk's'-head, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant of the genus Leontodon.Mŏnk's'-hŏod, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See ACONITE.Mōnk's-rhū'bārb, n. p. 854An herb of the genus Rumex; a species of dock.Mōnk's'-sēam, n. p. 854(Naut.) A seam made by laying the selvage of one piece, as of a sail, over that of another, and sewing both edges.Mōn'o-bā'sic, a. p. 854(Chem.) Having only one part of base to one of acid.Mŏn/o-cār'di-an, a. p. 854Having a single heart, as fishes and reptiles.Mōn'o-cär'di-an, n. p. 854(Zoöl.) An animal having a single heart, as fishes and reptiles.Mōn'o-cārp or Mōn'o-cār'pon, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant that produces fruit but once, dying after fructification; an annual plant.Mōn'o-cār'pōûs, a. p. 854(Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as wheat, and the like. Lindley.Mō-nŏç'-e-rŏs, n. p. 854A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea-monster with one horn; perhaps the sword-fish. [Obs.] “Mighty monoceros with immeasured tail.” Spenser. 2. (Astron.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to…Mōn'o-chla-mȳd'e-oūs, a. p. 854(Bot.) Having a single covering, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or a corolla without a calyx.Mōn'o-chōrd, n. p. 854(Mus.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which…Mōn'o-chro-māt'ic, a. p. 854Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only. Monochromatic lamp, a lamp whose flame yields rays of some one homogenous light. It is of the greatest importance in optical…Mŏn'o-chrōme, n. p. 854A painting with a single color.