mountain blue

A native carbonate of copper, which is liable to change its tint to green if mixed with oil. mountain-bramble, s. Bot.: The Cloudberry (q. v.). mountain-bunting, s. Ornith.: The Snow-bunting. (PLECTROPHANE3.] mountain-cat, s. The wild cat. "Like mountain - cat who guards her young, Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung." Scott : Lady of the Lake, v. 16. mountain-chain, s. A chain or range of moun "To the east are wild mountain -chains." Long fellow: Discoverer of the North Cape. mountain-cock, s. [CAPERCAILZIE.] mountain-cork, s. IMG:content-1438.png:[blocks in formation] "The fiend looked up and knew Ben Nevis, highest in Great Britain, Scotland. 4,400 His mounted scale aloft." Black Mountain, the highest of the Blue Ridge, N. C. 6,500 tains. Milton: P. L., iv. 1,014. Blanc, Mont, France.. 15,900 Brown Mountain, highest of the Rocky Mountains, 2. To climb; to ascend; to go up to, or on. U.S..... 16,000 " Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him, Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops." Shakesp.: Julius Caesar, v. 3. IMG:content-1439.png:[blocks in formation] Cotopaxi, the highest volcano, Ecuador. Dhawalaghiri, one of the Himalaya Mountains, Asia.25,500 Fremont's Peak, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming. 18,900 *3. To form a path up. Geesh, Africa.... "The stairs that mount the Capitol." Hecla, a volcano in Iceland. 5,500 Shakesp.: Cymbeline, 1. 6. Hindoo-Koosh, Afghanistan.. 20,594 mountain-crab, s. Him a lay as (Mount Everest), highest in the world, Thibet 29,000 13,700 IMG:content-1440.png:[blocks in formation] 14. To copulate with; to cover. "Unle the adage must oe verified, "Let France and England mount Their battering cannon charged to the mouths." Shakesp.: King John, ii. 7. To cover, or set round with a mount or setting of something nece ary, useful or ornamental; as, to mount a drawing that is, to set it in a frame or on a sheet of paper, cardboard, .; to mount a diamond-that is, to put it in a setting. 8. To carry as an equipment; to be furnished or equipped with; as, A fort mounts twenty guns. *9. To raise in rank, degree, or position. "He was dubbed and mounted from his owne meane Olympus, Greece. Ophir, Sumatra, East Indies...... Orizaba, highest in North America, Mexico. Parna us, the home of the Muses, Greece... Perdu, Mont, highest of the Pyrenees, France.. Popocatapetl, Mexico.... Peaks of Otter, Virginia.... Pike's Peak, Colorado... Round Top, highest of Cat skill Mountains, N. Y. Roa, Mount, highest in Ocean i a, Hawaii. Sinai, Mount, Arabia. IMG:content-1441.png:[blocks in formation] 13,800 17,700 4,250 14,215 IMG:content-1442.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1443.png:[blocks in formation]