monazite (monazit)

[Irreg. monchet, v. An obsolete form of munch . monckt, n. An obsolete spelling of monk . Moncrieff gun-carriage. See gun - carriage . Monday (mun dā), n. [ F. lundi ), tr. Gr. ἡ τῆς Σελήνης ἡμέρα, 'the moon's day. See week.] The second day of the week. The next according to the course of the dayes of the week was the idoll of the moone, whereof we yet retaine the name of Monday instead of Mooneday. Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, iii. Black Monday. (a) Easter Monday, the 14th of April, 1360. See the quotation. The 14 day of April and the morrow after Easter day, King Edward [III.] with his hoast lay before the citty of Paris, which day was full darke of mist and haile and so bitter cold that many men dyed on their horses with cold; wherefore vnto this day it hath beene called the Blacke Munday. Stow, Annals, p. 264. Hence-(b) Any Easter Monday. Then it was not for nothing that my nose fell a-bleeding on Black - Monday last. Shak., M. of V., ii. 5. 25. (c) The first Monday after schoolboys' holidays. - Blue Monday, the Monday before Lent: so called in Bavaria, from the color with which churches are ornamented on that day. Cobbler's Monday, Collop Monday, Handsel Monday. See the qualifying words.