monitor roof (mon i torr of)

In a railroad car, a central longitudinal elevation rising above the rest of the roof, with openings in the sides for light and ventilation. Also called monitor- top. [U. S.] monitory (mon'i-to-ri), a. and n. [=F. mon i toire = Pr. monitor i = Sp. mon i to rio = Pg. mo nitorio, n., = It. mon i to rio, Lo es, miscarriages, and disappointments are monitory and instructive. Sir R. L'Estrange . It is remarkable that, even in the two States which seem to have meditated an interdiction of military establishments in time of peace, the mode of expre ion made use of is rather monitory than prohibitory. A. Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 26. Monitory letter, in eccles . law , a monition. - Monitory lizard, a monitor. II. n.; pl. monitories (-riz). Admonition; warning. I see not why they should deny God that libertie to im pose, or man that nece itie to need such monitories. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 24. monitre (mon'i-tres), n. [ -e . Thus far our pretty and ingenious monitre ; were I to say any thing after her, my case would be that of the tiresome actor. The Student , ii. 367. (Latham.)