n. (Zool.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. mentum the chin. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin; genian;
a. [ F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind. ] Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual;
What a mental power
This eye shoots forth! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mental alienation,
Mental arithmetic,
n.
a. Of or pertainig to mentalism. [ PJC ]
n. Quality or state of mind. “The same hard mentality.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually; in idea. [ 1913 Webster ]