mo naceros, monocerot

[Lat., from Gr. mono keros, from monos = single, and keras =a monk-Ish, *monk-ysh, adj. [Eng. monk; -ish.] horn.] Pertaining to a monk or monks; monastic. "Nought interrupts the riot, though in lieu Of true devotion monkish incense burns." Byron: Childe Harold , i. 67. monk-Ish-ne , s. [Eng. monkish; -ne .] The quality or state of being monkish. monk-lý, *munke-lye, adj. [Eng. monk; -ly.] IMG:content-1359.png:[blocks in formation] *I. Ord. Lang .: A one-horned creature; a uni corn. "Mighty monoceroses with unmeasured tayles." Spenser: F. Q., II. xii. 23. II. Technically : 1. Astron.: The Unicorn, one of the constellations introduced by Hevelius. It is surrounded by Hydra, Canis Major, Orion, and Canis Minor. All the stars in it are small. 2. Zool .; Unicorn-shell; a genus of proso branchiate gasteropods, division Siphonostomata, family Buccinide. The genus is peculiar to the west coast of America, whence eighteen species have been brought. The shell resembles that of Purpura (q. v.), but with a spiral groove on the whorls, ending in a prominent spine, or tooth, at the lower or anterior end of the outer lip. măn-ô-chlạ mỹd-ěæ, s . pl. [Pref. mono-, Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ . ] chlamys ( gen it.chlamydos ) =a cloak or mantle; and Bot.: The name introduced by Profe or Perleb IMG:content-1360.png:[blocks in formation] 1. An ancient instrument with one string which was played as a guitar. It grew into a man i chord, in which numerous strings were played by quills. 2. A single string stretched acro a board or soundboard, under which a movable bridge can be moved at pleasure. By placing under the string a diagram of the proportionate lengths of string required for the production of just intervals, the ear can be trained and experiments can be made. It was also called, or rather the results obtained from it were called, the harmonical canon. It is said to have been invented by Pythagoras.