monkeys face (mungkizfas)

A plant of the genus Mimusops. monkey-shine (mung'ki-shin), n. A trick or prank like a monkey's; buffoonery; tomfoolery; monkeyism. [Slang, U. S.] You may have noticed barefooted boys cutting up mon key-shines on trees with entire safety to themselves. A. R. Grote , Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 435. monkey-spar (mung'ki-spär), n. Naut ., a reduced mast or yard for a ve el used for the training and exercise of boys. monkey-tail (mung'ki-tāl), n. Naut .: (a) A short round lever formerly used for training car ronades and for like purposes. (b) A piece of rope with a knot at the end, seized to the back of a hook, used as a handle in attaching the hook, to prevent the hand from being jammed.