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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Mōn'o-chron'ic, a. p. 854Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.Mōn'o-çil'ī-ā'ted, a. p. 854Furnished with one cilium. See CILIA.Mōn'o-clīn'ic, a. p. 854(Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection;—said of a certain system of crystallization, in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See…Mo-nōc'li-noūs, a. p. 854(Bot.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.Mōn'o-co-tȳle or Mōn'o-cōt'y-lē'd'o-noūs, a. p. 854(Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed-lobe, or seminal leaf.Mōn'o-cōt'y-lē'don, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed-lobe.Mo-nŏc'ra-cy, n. p. 854Government by a single person; undivided rule.Mōn'o-crāt, n. p. 854One who governs alone; an aristocrat; a monarch.Mo-nōc'ū-lar or Mo-nōc'ū-lous, a. p. 854Having one eye only; with one eye only; as, monocular vision. 2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope.Mōn'o-cūle, n. p. 854(Entom.) An insect with only one eye.Mōn'o-dăc'tyl-oūs, a. p. 854Having but one finger or toe.Mŏn'o-dēlph, n. p. 854(Zoöl.) An animal belonging to a class of mammals having no external pouch or marsupium, but bringing forth its young in such a state of maturity as to need no such additional protection;—so called…Mōn'o-dī-mē't'rie, a. p. 854(Crystallog.) Dimetrie.Mōn'o-dīst, n. p. 854One who writes a monody.Mōn'o-dōn, n. p. 854See NARWHAL.Mōn'o-dra-māt'ic, a. p. 854Pertaining to a monodram.Mōn'o-drām or Mōn'o-drāme, n. p. 854A dramatic performance by a single person.Mōn'o-dy, n. p. 854A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation.Mŏn'o-dy-năm'ic, a. p. 854Possessing but one capacity; having but a single power. Monodynamic men, men of a single talent, are rarely misapprehended. De Quincey.Mo-noe'ci-ā, n. p. 854(Bot.) A class of plants, according to the Linnæan system, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.Mo-nœ'ci-an, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Monœcia.Mo-nœ'ci-an or Mo-nœ'ciōus, a. p. 854(Bot.) Having the stamens and pistils in distinct flowers, but both growing upon the same individual plant.Mōn'o-găm, n. p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the order Monogamia.Mōn'o-gā'mi-ā, n. pl. p. 854(Bot.) An order of plants, in the Linnæan system, having simple flowers, though the anthers are united.Mōn'o-gā'mi-an, a. p. 854(Bot.) Pertaining to the order Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.Mo-nōg'a-mīst, n. p. 854One who disallows second marriages.Mo-nōg'a-mōūs, a. p. 855(Bot.) The same as MONOGAMIAN. 2. Having one wife only, and not permitted to marry a second.