Mount

mownt, n. A ma of earth rising considerably above the surrounding surface; a mountain; means or opportunity for mounting esp., a horse, and the equipments for a horseman. — v. To rise on high, go up, ascend, tower to get upon anything, esp. on horseback; to amount, count up. v. To get upon, ascend, climb to bestride to put on horseback, furnish with horses to put on anything that sustains and for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map on cloth or paper to prepare for being worn or used, as a diamond by setting, etc, [ME. and AS. munt, a mount, hill, L. mons, montis, a mountain L. eminere, to jut out, E. eminent, menace; ME. mounten, F. monter, to mount, ascend, OF. a up hill, mont = L. mons; E. amount.] — To mount guard. (Mil.) To take the station, and linger or ink, then. boNbos. chai r t*- 384 MOURN 366 do the duty, of a sentinel. — Mount'able, a. Capable of being mounted. — Mounting, Act of preparing for use, or embellishing; that by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage embellishment.—Mount'ebank, -e-bank, A quack doctor who vends nostrums from a bench or public stage; any boastful and false pretender; a charlatan. [It. mon tam banco, Olt. monta in banco, fr. montare (= F. rnonter), to mount, in (= L. in, in, on), and banco (= MHG. banc), bench, monev-table see Bank.] — Mountain, -in, n. A large ma of earth and rock, rising above the adjacent land; a very high hill, esp. a particular elevation in a lofty range; something very large. — a. Pert, to, or found on, etc. of mountain size vast. [ME. and OF. montaine, LL. montana, neut. pi. of L. montan us, mountainous, f mons.] — Mount/ameer', -in-er', n. An inhabitant of a mountain.— Mount'ainous, -in-us, a. Full of mountains; large as a mountain; huge.