Monkey

mungk′i, n. a quadrumanous mammal of the order Primates—the term is loose, and may be conveniently restricted only to all the Primates exclusive of the Anthropoid Apes, thus including the Platyrrhini , or New-World monkeys, and the Catarrh i in i , or Old-World monkeys: an ape: a name of contempt, esp. for a mischievous person, also of playful endearment: a heavy weight for driving piles: a large hammer for driving bolts: in betting slang, a sum of 500 pounds, or dollars in U.S.: a fluid consisting of chlor-hydric acid and zinc—generally called spirits of salt —used in the proce of soldering:— pl. Monk′eys .— v.i. to meddle with anything.— v.t. to imitate as a monkey does.— ns. Monk′ey-bag , a small money-bag, hung round the sailor's neck; Monk′ey-block , a small swivel-block used in guiding running rigging; Monk′ey-board , the omnibus conductor's foot-board; Monk′ey-boat , a narrow, half-decked river-boat; Monk′ey-bread , the baobab-tree or its fruit; Monk′ey-en′gine , a kind of pile-driver having a ram or monkey working in a wooden frame; Monk′ey-flow′er , a flower of the mimulus kind; Monk′ey-gaff , a small gaff above the spanker-gaff for the flag; Monk′ey-gra , a coarse fibre yielded by the leaf-stalks of Attalea funifera , used for brooms, street sweeping-machine brushes, .; Monk′ey-hamm′er , a drop-pre with a ram, which is raised and let drop freely; Monk′eyism , the qualities of the monkey; Monk′ey-jack′et , a close-fitting jacket, generally made of some stout, coarse material; Monk′ey-pot , the seed-ve el of several species of Lecythis , having a round lid; Monk′ey-pump , a straw let through a gimlet-hole into a cask for the purpose of sucking the liquor; Monk′ey-puzz′le , the Chili pine, Araucaria imbricata ; Monk′ey-rail , a light rail above the quarter-rail; Monk′ey-shine ( U.S. ), a piece of tomfoolery; Monk′ey-tail , a short lever for training carronades: a piece of knotted rope by which to attach a hook, to save the hand from jamming; Monk′ey-wheel , a tackle-block over which runs a hoisting-rope; Monk′ey-wrench , a screw-key having a movable jaw.— Have , or Get , one's monkey up , to be angry; Suck the monkey , to drink liquor from a cask through an inserted tube: to drink from a coco-nut, filled surreptitiously with rum, . [Old It. monicchio , dim. of Old It. monna , nickname for an old woman, an ape, contr. of It. madonna , mistre .]