mountebank ish

[English mountebank; -ish.] Like or befitting a mountebank; juggling. "Some hocus-pocus and mountebank ish tricks."- How ell: Parly of Beasts, p. 87. IMG:content-1448.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The act of ascending or rising on high; ascent. 2. The act of getting on horseback. 3. The act of furnishing or setting with a mount; the setting of a gem, drawing, . 4. A setting, as of a gem; a frame, as of a picture; a back stiffening or support, as of a print, map, 5. The harne tackle of a loom. 6. The carriage and tackle of a piece of ordnance. 7. The ornamentation of the stock of a fowling piece. 8. The fastening of a piece to be turned on the mandrel of a lathe. 9. The preparing an object of natural science for microscopic observation. 10. The angle which the slot in the stock of a plane makes with the sole, whereby the angle which the "bit," or iron of the plane, makes with the stuff to be planed is regulated. 11. ( Pl .) Harne furniture.