Mynt

n. [ AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Money, Monition. ] 1. A place where money is coined by public authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mint of phrases in his brain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically: A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting. ] [ AS. mynetian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Minting mill, a coining press. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint{ 1 }; as, he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition. [ PJC ]

2. Specifically: (Numismatics) Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The coin, or other production, made in a mint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stamped in clay, a heavenly mintage. Sterling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The duty paid to the mint for coining. At one time people could bring precious metals, as gold or silver, to a mint and receive in return coins of the same value, minus the commision charged by the mint, which was the mintage. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. The act or process of minting{ 1 }; as, a coin of recent mintage. [ PJC ]

4. The quantity of coins of a specific type made by the mint; as, coins of low mintage tend to be more valuable as collectors' items. [ PJC ]

n. One who mints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mintmen One skilled in coining, or in coins; a coiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A sauce of vinegar and sugar flavored with spearmint leaves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Money. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]