Chapter 995

Mon"ey*age (?) , n. [Cf. F. monnayage coinage.] 1. A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin.

Hume.

2. Mintage; coinage. [Obs.]

Moneyed <Xpage=938>

Mon"eyed (?) , adv. 1. Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men .

Bacon.

2. Converted into money; coined.

If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed . Locke.

3. Consisting in, or composed of, money.

A. Hamilton.

Moneyer <Xpage=938>

Mon"ey*er (?) , n. [From Money ; cf. OF. monoier , F. monnoayeur , L. monetarius a master of the mint. Cf. Monetary .] 1. A person who deals in money; banker or broker. [Obs. or R.]

2. An authorized coiner of money.

Sir M. Hale.

The Company of Moneyers , the officials who formerly coined the money of Great Britain, and who claimed certain prescriptive rights and privileges.

Moneyless <Xpage=938>

Mon"ey*less , a. Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious.

Swift.

Money-maker <Xpage=938>

Mon"ey-mak`er (?) , n. 1. One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. [R.]

2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

Money-making <Xpage=938>

Mon"ey-mak`ing , n. The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.

Obstinacy in money-making . Milman.

Money-making <Xpage=938>

Mon"ey-mak`ing , a. 1. Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business .

2. Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man .

Moneywort <Xpage=938>

Mon"ey*wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A trailing plant ( Lysimachia Nummularia ), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

Mongcorn <Xpage=938>

Mong"corn` (?) , n. See Mangcorn .

Monger <Xpage=938>

Mon"ger (?) , n. [AS. mangere , fr. mangian to trade; akin to Icel. manga to trade, mangari a trader, OHG. mangari , mengari ; cf. L. mango a dealer in slaves.] 1. A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fish monger , iron monger , news monger .

2. A small merchant vessel. [Obs.]

Blount.

Monger <Xpage=938>

Mon"ger , v. t. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.

Mongol <Xpage=938>

Mon"gol (?) , n. One of the Mongols. -- a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

Mongolian <Xpage=938>

Mon*go"li*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. -- n. One of the Mongols.

Mongolic <Xpage=938>

Mon*gol"ic (?) , a. See Mongolian .

Mongoloid <Xpage=938>

Mon"go*loid (?) , a. [ Mongol + -oid .] Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols.

Huxley.

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Mongols, Mongolians <Xpage=938>

Mon"gols (?) , Mon*go"li*ans (?) , n. pl. (Ethnol.) One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks.

Mongoose, Mongoos <Xpage=938>

Mon"goose , Mon"goos (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of ichneumon ( Herpestes griseus ), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose ( Crossarchus fasciatus ). [Written also mungoose , mungoos , mungous .]

Mongrel <Xpage=938>

Mon"grel (?) , n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel , and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle . See Mingle .] The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.

Drayton.

Mongrel <Xpage=938>

Mon"grel , a. 1. (Zo\'94l.) Not of a pure breed.

2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language .

Mongrelize <Xpage=938>

Mon"grel*ize (?) , v. t. & i. To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.

'Mongst <Xpage=938>

'Mongst (?) , prep. See Amongst .

Monied <Xpage=938>

Mon"ied (?) , a. See Moneyed .

Monifier <Xpage=938>

Mo*nif"i*er (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace + ferre to bear.] (Paleon.) A fossil fish.

Moniliform <Xpage=938>

Mo*nil"i*form (?) , a. [L. monile necklace + -form : cf. F. moniliforme .] (Biol.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna . See Illust . of Antenna .

Moniment <Xpage=938>

Mon"i*ment (?) , n. [L. monimentum , monumentum . See Monument .] Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Monish <Xpage=938>

Mon"ish (?) , v. t. [OE. monesten . See Admonish , Monition .] To admonish; to warn. See Admonish . [Archaic]

Ascham.

Monisher <Xpage=938>

Mon"ish*er (?) , n. One who monishes; an admonisher. [Archaic]

Monishment <Xpage=938>

Mon"ish*ment (?) , n. Admonition. [Archaic]

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Monism <Xpage=939>

Mon"ism (?) , n. [From Gr. <?/ single.] 1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism .

&hand; The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism ; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism ; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect.

2. (Biol.) See Monogenesis , 1.

Monist <Xpage=939>

Mon"ist , n. A believer in monism.

Monistic <Xpage=939>

Mo*nis"tic (?) , a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism.

Monition <Xpage=939>

Mo*ni"tion (?) , n. [F., fr. L. monitio , from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind . See Mind , and cf. Admonish , Money , Monster .] 1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

Sage monitions from his friends. Swift.

2. Information; indication; notice; advice.

We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.

3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.

Shipley.

Monitive <Xpage=939>

Mon"i*tive (?) , a. Conveying admonition; admonitory.

Barrow.

Monitor <Xpage=939>

Mon"i*tor (?) , n. [L., fr. monere . See Monition , and cf. Mentor .] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon.

2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus ; esp., the Egyptian species ( V. Niloticus ), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.

4. [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.] An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.

5. (Mach.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.

Monitor top , the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.

Monitorial <Xpage=939>

Mon`i*to"ri*al (?) , a. 1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.

2. Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work ; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction.

Monitorially <Xpage=939>

Mon`i*to"ri*al*ly , adv. In a monitorial manner.

Monitorship <Xpage=939>

Mon"i*tor*ship (?) , n. The post or office of a monitor.

Monitory <Xpage=939>

Mon"i*to*ry (?) , a. [L. monitorius .] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.

Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange.

Monitory <Xpage=939>

Mon"i*to*ry , n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.

Monitress, Monitrix <Xpage=939>

Mon"i*tress (?) , Mon"i*trix (?) , n. A female monitor.

Monk <Xpage=939>

Monk (?) , n. [AS. munuc , munec , munc , L. monachus , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ alone. Cf. Monachism .] 1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. "A monk out of his cloister."

Chaucer.

Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are. Ayliffe.

2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar , or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

4. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A South American monkey ( Pithecia monachus ); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus . (b) The European bullfinch.

Monk bat (Zo\'94l.) , a South American and West Indian bat ( Molossus nasutus ); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves. -- Monk bird (Zo\'94l.) , the friar bird. -- Monk seal (Zo\'94l.) , a species of seal ( Monachus albiventer ) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. -- Monk's rhubarb (Bot.) , a kind of dock; -- also called patience ( Rumex Patientia ).

Monkery <Xpage=939>

Monk"er*y (?) , n. ; pl. Monkeries (<?/) . 1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.

Miters, and wretched dead medi\'91val monkeries . Carlyle.

2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]

Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him. Latimer.

Monkey <Xpage=939>

Mon"key (?) , n. ; pl. Monkeys (#) . [Cf. OIt. monicchio , It. monnino , dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna . See Madonna .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs . (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.

&hand; The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ( a ) Catarrhines , or Simid\'91 . These have an oblong head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old World. ( b ) Platyrhines , or Cebid\'91 . These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. These are natives of the New World. ( c ) Strepsorhines , or Lemuroidea . These have a pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.

2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for mischievous child.

This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her. Shak.

3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkey boat . (Naut.) (a) A small boat used in docks . (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames. -- Monkey block (Naut.) , a small single block strapped with a swivel. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Monkey flower (Bot.) , a plant of the genus Mimulus ; -- so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray . -- Monkey gaff (Naut.) , a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. -- Monkey jacket , a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors. -- Monkey rail (Naut.) , a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. -- Monkey shine , monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.] -- Monkey trick , a mischievous prank. Saintsbury . -- Monkey wheel . See Gin block , under 5th Gin . -- Monkey wrench , a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.

Monkey <Xpage=939>

Mon"key , v. t. & i. To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

To monkey with , to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq.] <-- = monkey around with -->

Monkey-bread <Xpage=939>

Mon"key-bread` (?) , n. (Bot.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata ; also, the tree. See Adansonia .

Monkey-cup <Xpage=939>

Mon"key-cup` (?) , n. (Bot.) See Nepenthes .

Monkey-pot <Xpage=939>

Mon"key-pot` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The fruit of two South American trees ( Lecythis Ollaria , and L. Zabucajo ), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.

Monkey's puzzle <Xpage=939>

Mon"key's puz"zle (?) . (Bot.) A lofty coniferous Chilian tree ( Araucaria imbricata ), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi\'a4on by the Chilians. <-- also, monkey puzzle -->

Monkeytail <Xpage=939>

Mon"key*tail` (?) , n. (Naut.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.

Totten.

Monkfish <Xpage=939>

Monk"fish (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The angel fish ( Squatina ). (b) The angler ( Lophius ).

Monkflower <Xpage=939>

Monk"flow`er (?) , n. (Bot.) A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus ( Catasetum tridentatum , etc.).

Monkhood <Xpage=939>

Monk"hood (?) , n. [ Monk + -hood .] 1. The character or condition of a monk.

Atterbury.

2. Monks, regarded collectively.

Longfellow.

Monking <Xpage=939>

Monk"ing , a. Monkish. [R.]

Coleridge.

Monkish <Xpage=939>

Monk"ish , a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. -- Monk"ish*ness , n.

Monkly <Xpage=939>

Monk"ly , a. Like, or suitable to, a monk. [R.]

Monkshood <Xpage=939>

Monks"hood` (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Aconitum ; aconite. See Aconite .

Monk's seam <Xpage=939>

Monk's" seam` (?) . (Naut.) An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.

Mono-, Mon- <Xpage=939>

Mon"o- (?) , Mon- (?) . [Gr. <?/.] A prefix signifying one , single , alone ; as, mono carp, mono poly ; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom , radical , or group of that to the name of which it is united; as, mon oxide, mono sulphide, mon atomic, etc.

Mono <Xpage=939>

Mo"no (?) , n. [Sp.] (Zo\'94l.) The black howler of Central America ( Mycetes villosus ).

Monobasic <Xpage=939>

Mon`o*ba"sic (?) , a. [ Mono- + basic .] (Chem.) Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are monobasic .

Monocarbonic <Xpage=939>

Mon`o*car*bon"ic (?) , a. [ Mono- + carbonic .] (Chem.) Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid .

Monocardian <Xpage=939>

Mon`o*car"di*an (?) , a. [ Mono- + Gr. <?/ heart.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n. An animal having a single heart.

Monocarp <Xpage=939>

Mon"o*carp (?) , n. (Bot.) A monocarpic plant.

Monocarpellary <Xpage=939>

Mon`o*car"pel*la*ry (?) , a. [ Mono- + carpellary .] (Bot.) Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.

Monocarpic, Monocarpous <Xpage=939>

Mon`o*car"pic (?) , Mon`o*car"pous (?) , a. [ Mono- + Gr. <?/ fruit: cf. F. monocarpe .] (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.

&hand; Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant.