‖n. [ Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. ] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards. [ 1913 Webster ]
three-card monte
‖n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. monter to raise + acide acid. ] (Chem.) An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Monteth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging the color; -- so called from the Glasgow manufactures. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
New things produce new words, and thus Monteth
Has by one vessel saved his name from death. King. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. monter to bring up + jus juice. ] An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing the liquid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. ad montem to the hillock. See Mount, n. ] A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Sp. montera a hunting cap, fr. montero a huntsman, monte a mountain, forest, L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n. ] An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Pedagogy) A system of training and instruction, primarily for use with normal children aged from three to six years, devised by