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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. (Zoöl.) 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Monk (?), n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. &?;, fr. mo`nos 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. (Zoöl.) (a) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus. (b) The European bullfinch.

Monk bat (Zoöl.), a South American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves. -- Monk bird(Zoöl.), the friar bird. -- Monk seal (Zoöl.), 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).

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 mediæval monkeries.

Carlyle.

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

Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.

Latimer.

Mon"key (?), n.; pl. Monkeys (#). [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It. monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See Madonna.] 1. (Zoöl.) (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.

The monkeys are often divided into three groups: (a) Catarrhines, or Simidæ. 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 Cebidæ. 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 a 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.

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.]

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

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

Mon"key-pot` (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.

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 piñon by the Chilians.

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

Monk"fish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The angel fish (Squatina). (b) The angler (Lophius).

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.).

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

2. Monks, regarded collectively. Longfellow.

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

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

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

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

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.

{ Mon"o- (?), Mon- (?) }. [Gr. &?;.] A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp, monopoly; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom, radical, or group of that to the name of which it is united; as, monoxide, monosulphide, monatomic, etc.

||Mo"no (?), n. [Sp.] (Zoöl.) The black howler of Central America ||(Mycetes villosus).

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.

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

Mon`o*car"di*an (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; heart.] (Zoöl.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n. An animal having a single heart.

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

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

{ 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.

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

Mon`o*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. kefalh` head.] (Bot.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.

||Mo*noc"e*ros (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; mo`nos alone, single + ke`ras ||horn.] 1. A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one ||horn.

Mighty monoceroses with immeasured tails.

Spenser.

2. (Astron.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.

Mon`o*chla*myd"e*ous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?;, &?;, cloak: cf. F. monochlamydé.] (Bot.) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

Mon"o*chord (?), n. [L. monochordon, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; with but one string; &?; only, single + &?; string: cf. F. monocorde. See Chord, and cf. Mainchord.] (Mus.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.

Mon`o*chro*mat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. monochromatique. See Monochrome.] Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.

Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields rays of some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in optical experiments.

Mon"o*chrome (?), n. [Gr. &?; of one color; mo`nos single + &?; color: cf. F. monochrome.] A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

Mon`o*chro"mic (?), a. Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.

Mon"o*chro`my (?), n. The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.

Mon`o*chron"ic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; time.] Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.

Mon`o*cil"i*a`ted (?), a. [Mono- + ciliated.] (Biol.) Having but one cilium.

Mon"o*cle (?), n. [F. See Monocular.] An eyeglass for one eye. Simmonds.

Mon`o*cli"nal (?), a. [See Monoclinic.] (Geol.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

Mon"o*cline (?), n. (Geol.) A monoclinal fold.

Mon`o*clin"ic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; to incline.] (Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Mo*noc"li*nous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; couch, fr. &?; to lie down: cf. F. monocline.] (Bot.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.

||Mon`o*con"dy*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mono-, and Condyle.] (Zoöl.) A ||group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that ||have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

Mon"o*co*tyl (?), n. (Bot.) Any monocotyledonous plant.

Mon"o*co*tyle (?), a. [Cf. F. monocotyle.] (Bot.) Monocotyledonous.

Mon`o*cot`y*le"don (?), n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone.] (Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.

The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of plants, and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term endogens.

Mon`o*cot`y*le"don*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. monocotylédoné.] (Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley.

Mo*noc"ra*cy (?), n. [Mono- + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

Mon"o*crat (?), n. [Cf. Gr. &?; ruling alone.] One who governs alone.

Mon`o*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.

Mo*noc"ro*tism (?), n. [Gr. mo`nos alone + &?; a beating.] (Physiol.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

Mo*noc"u*lar (?), a. [L. monoculus; Gr. mo`nos single + L. oculus eye: cf. F. monoculaire.] 1. Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.

2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope.

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Mon"o*cule (mn"*kl), n. [See Monocular.] (Zoöl.) A small crustacean with one median eye.

Mo*noc"u*lous (?), a. Monocular. Glanvill.

Mon`o*cys"tic (?), a. [See Mono- , and Cyst.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

Mon`o*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. [Gr. monoda`ktylos; mo`nos single + da`ktylos finger: cf. F. monodactyle.] (Zoöl.) Having but one finger or claw.

{ Mon"o*delph (?), Mon`o*del"phi*an (?), } n. (Zoöl.) One of the Monodelphia.

||Mon`o*del"phi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + delfy`s the ||womb.] (Zoöl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental ||mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.

{ Mon`o*del"phic (?), Mon`o*del"phous (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.

{ Mo*nod"ic (?), Mo*nod"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] 1. Belonging to a monody.

2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.

Mon`o*di*met"ric (?), a. [Mono- + dimetric.] (Crystallog.) Dimetric.

Mon"o*dist (?), n. A writer of a monody.

{ Mon"o*dra`ma (?), Mon"o*drame (?), } n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; drama.] A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

Mon`o*dra*mat"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a monodrama.

Mon"o*dy (?), n.; pl. Monodies (#). [L. monodia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; singing alone; mo`nos single + &?; song: cf. F. monodie. See Ode.] A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

Mon`o*dy*nam"ic (?), a. [Mono- + dynamic.] Possessing but one capacity or power. "Monodynamic men." De Quincey.

Mon`o*dy"na*mism (?), n. The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.

||Mo*nœ"ci*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; house.] ||(Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in ||distinct flowers in the same plant.

Mo*nœ"cian (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monœcia; monœcious. -- n. One of the Monœcia.

2. (Zoöl.) A monœcious animal, as certain mollusks.

Mo*nœ"cious (?), a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to diœcious.

Mo*nœ"cism (?), n. (Biol.) The state or condition of being monœcious.

Mon"o*gam (?), n. (Bot.) One of the Monogamia.

||Mon`o*ga"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Monogamous.] (Bot.) A Linnæan ||order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in ||the genus Lobelia.

{ Mon`o*ga"mi*an (?), Mon`o*gam"ic (?), } a. [See Monogamous.] 1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Mo*nog"a*mist (?), n. One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.

Mo*nog"a*mous (?), a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. &?;; mo`nos single + &?; marriage.] 1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

2. (Bot.) Same as Monogamian.

3. (Zoöl.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals.

Mo*nog"a*my (?), n. [L. monogamia, Gr. &?;: cf. F. monogamie.] 1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.

2. (Zoöl.) State of being paired with a single mate.

Mon`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; belly.] Having but a single stomach.

Mon`o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. Dana. Haeckel.

2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. Haeckel.

3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis. E. van Beneden.

Mon`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. [See Monogenesis.] 1. (Geol.) One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; -- used of a mountain range. Dana.

2. (Biol.) Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all beings.

Mon`o*gen"ic (?), a. 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis.

2. (Zoöl.) Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way.

Mo*nog"e*nism (?), n. (Anthropol.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.

Mo*nog"e*nist (?), n. (Anthropol.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist.

Mon`o*ge*nis"tic (?), a. Monogenic.

Mo*nog"e*nous (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction.

Mo*nog"e*ny (?), n. 1. Monogenesis.

2. (Anthropol.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin.

Mon`o*go*neu"tic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; offspring.] (Zoöl.) Having but one brood in a season.

Mon"o*gram (?), n. [L. monogramma; Gr. mo`nos single + gra`mma letter, fr. gra`fein to write: cf. F. monogramme. See Graphic.] 1. A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works.

Monogram.

The monogram above, combining the letters of the name Karolvs, was used by Charlemagne.

2. A picture in lines; a sketch. [R.]

3. An arbitrary sign for a word. [R.]

Mon"o*gram`mal (?), a. See Monogrammic.

Mon`o*gram*mat"ic (?), a. Monogrammic.

Mon`o*gram"mic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.

Mon"o*gram`mous (?), a. Monogrammic.

Mon"o*graph (?), n. [Mono- + -graph.] A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

Mo*nog"ra*pher (?), n. A writer of a monograph.

{ Mon`o*graph"ic (?), Mon`o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. monographique.] Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture. -- Mon`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Mo*nog"ra*phist (?), n. One who writes a monograph.

Mo*nog"ra*phous (?), a. Monographic. [Obs.]

Mo*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Mono- + -graphy: cf. F. monographie.] 1. Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing.

2. A monograph. [Obs.]

Mon"o*gyn (?), n. (Bot.) One of the Monogynia.

||Mon`o*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; woman, ||female.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants, including those which have ||only one style or stigma.

Mon`o*gyn"i*an (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. -- n. One of the Monogynia.

Mo*nog"y*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. monogyne.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

Mo*nog"y*ny (?), n. [See Monogynia.] 1. Marriage with the one woman only.

2. (Bot.) The state or condition of being monogynous.

Mon`o*hem"er*ous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; day.] (Med.) Lasting but one day.

Mo*noi"cous (?), a. (Bot.) Monœcious.

Mo*nol"a*try (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; worship.] Worship of a single deity.

Mon"o*lith (?), n. [F. monolithe, L. monolithus consisting of a single stone, Gr. &?;; mo`nos single + li`qos stone.] A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.

Mon"o*lith`al (?), a. Monolithic.

Mon`o*lith"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.

Mo*nol"o*gist (?), n. [See Monologue.] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. De Quincey.

Mon"o*logue (?), n. [F. monologue, Gr. &?; speaking alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + lo`gos speech, discourse, le`gein to speak. See Legend.] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. Dryden.

2. A dramatic composition for a single performer.

Mo*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.

It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in
monology through his whole life.

De Quincey.

{ ||Mon`o*ma"chi*a (?), Mo*nom"a*chy (?), } n. [L. monomachia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; fighting in single combat; mo`nos single, alone + &?; to fight.] A duel; single combat. "The duello or monomachia." Sir W. Scott.

Mo*nom"a*chist (?), n. One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

Mon"o*mane (?), n. A monomaniac. [R.]

Mon`o*ma"ni*a (?), n. [Mono- + mania.] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.

Syn. -- Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See Insanity.

Mon`oma"ni*ac (?), n. A person affected by monomania.

{ Mon`oma"ni*ac (?), Mon`oma"ni*a*cal (?), } a. [Cf. F. monomaniaque.] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

Mon"ome (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + -nome as in binome. See Binomial.] (Math.) A monomial.

Mo*nom"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. mo`nos single; mo`nos alone + &?; part.] 1. (Bot.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.

2. (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.

Mon`o*me*tal"lic (?), a. Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

Mon`o*met"al*lism (?), n. [Mono- + metal.] The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.

Mon`o*met"al*list (?), n. One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.

Mo*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; of one meter; mo`nos single + &?; measure.] A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.

Mon`o*met"ric (?), a. [Cf. F. monométrique.] (Crystallog.) Same as Isometric.

Mo*no"mi*al (?), n. [See Monome, Binomial.] (Alg.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.

Mo*no"mi*al, a. (Alg.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.

{ Mon`o*mor"phic (?), Mon`o*mor"phous (?), } a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; form.] (Biol.) Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.

||Mo*nom"pha*lus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos alone + &?; the navel.] A ||form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a ||common umbilicus.

{ ||Mo*no"my*a (?), ||Mon`o*my*a"ri*a (?), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?;, &?;, muscle.] (Zoöl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.

{ Mon`o*my"a*ri*an (?), Mon`o*my"a*ry (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n. One of the Monomya.

Mon`o*no"mi*al (?), n. & a. Monomyal.

{ Mon`o*ou"si*an (?), Mon`o*ou"si*ous (?), } a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; being, substance, essence.] (Theil.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.

Mo*nop"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; mo`nos alone + &?;, &?;, to suffer.] Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. -- Mon`o*path"ic, a.

Mon`o*per"son*al (?), a. [Mono- + personal.] Having but one person, or form of existence.

Mon`o*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Mono- + petal: cf. F. monopétale.] (Bot.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

The most recent authors restrict this form to flowers having a solitary petal, as in species of Amorpha, and use gamopetalous for a corolla of several petals combined into one piece. See Illust. of Gamopetalous.

Mo*noph"a*nous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; to show.] Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Mon`o*phon"ic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; a voice.] (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.

Mon"oph*thong (?), n. [Gr. &?; with one sound; mo`nos alone + &?; sound, voice.] 1. A single uncompounded vowel sound.

2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

Mon`oph*thon"gal (?), a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Mon`o*phy*let"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; of one tribe, fr. mo`nos single + &?; clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

Mo*noph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. mono`fyllos; mo`nos alone + fy`llon leaf: cf. F. monophylle.] (Bot.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.

Mon`o*phy"o*dont (?), a. [Gr. mo`nos single (mo`nos alone + &?; to produce) + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.

Mo*noph"y*site (?), n. [Gr. &?;; mo`nos single + &?; nature: cf. F. monophysite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

Mon`o*phy*sit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.

Mon"o*plast (?), n. [Mono- + -plast.] (Biol.) A monoplastic element.

Mon`o*plas"tic (?), a. [Mono- + -plastic.] (Biol.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.

||Mon`ople"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; a stroke.] ||(Med.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.

||Mon`op*neu"mo*na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mono-, and Pneumonia.] (Zoöl.) ||A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written also ||monopneumonia.]

Mon"o*pode (?), n. 1. One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot. Sir J. Mandeville. Lowell.

2. (Bot.) A monopodium.

Mon`o*po"di*al (?), a. (Bot.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

||Mon`o*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. L. Monopodia (#), E. -ums (#). [L. See ||Monopody.] (Bot.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed ||to sympodium.

Mo*nop"o*dy (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot: cf. &?;, &?;, one-footed.] (Pros.) A measure of but a single foot.

Mo*nop"o*ler (?), n. A monopolist. [Obs.]

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Mo*nop"o*list (m*np"*lst), n. One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

Mo*nop`o*lis"tic (-ls"tk), a. Of or pertaining to a monopolist. North Am. Rev.

Mo*nop"o*lite (?), n. A monopolist. Sylvester.

Mo*nop"o*lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Monopolized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Monopolizing (?).] [From Monopoly.] To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.

Mo*nop"o*li`zer (?), n. One who monopolizes.

Mo*nop"o*ly (?), n.; pl. Monopolies (#). [L. monopolium, Gr. &?;, &?;; mo`nos alone + &?; to sell.] 1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.

Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines.

Macaulay.

2. Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.

If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't.

Shak.

3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.]

Mon`o*pol"y*logue (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. poly`s many + lo`gos speech.] An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Mon`o*psy"chism (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; soul.] The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.

Mo*nop"ter*al (?), a. [Gr. &?; with a row of pillars only; mo`nos alone, only + &?; feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F. monoptère.] (Arch.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.

||Mo*nop"ter*on (?), n.; pl. Monoptera (#). [NL. See Monopteral.] ||(Arch.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, ||without a cella.

Mon"op*tote (?), n. [L. monoptotum, Gr. &?;; mo`nos single + &?; apt to fall, fallen, fr. &?; to fall; cf. &?; case.] (Gram.) 1. A noun having only one case. Andrews.

2. A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.

Mon`o*py*re"nous (?), a. [Mono- + pyrene.] (Bot.) Having but a single stone or kernel.

Mon`or*gan"ic (?), a. [Mon- + organic.] (Biol. & Med.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs.

||Mon`o*rhi"na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?;, &?;, ||nose.] (Zoöl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

Mon"o*rhyme (?), n. [Mono- + rhyme: cf. F. monorime.] A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.

Mon`o*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Mono- + sepal: cf. F. monosépale.] (Bot.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.

The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for a calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous.

Mon"o*sperm (?), n. (Bot.) A monospermous plant.

{ Mon`o*sper"mal (?), Mon`o*sper"mous (?), } a. [Mono- + Gr. spe`rma seed: cf. F. monosperme.] (Bot.) Having only one seed.

Mon`o*spher"ic*al (?), a. [Mono- + spherical.] Consisting of one sphere only.

Mon"o*stich (?), n. [Gr. &?;, from &?; consisting of one verse; mo`nos single + sti`chos line, verse.] A composition consisting of one verse only.

Mo*nos"ti*chous (m*ns"t*ks), a. [See Monostich.] (Bot.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridæ.

Mo*nos"tro*phe (m*ns"tr*f), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mono`strofos monostrophic.] A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.

Mon`o*stroph"ic (mn`*strf"k), a. [Gr. monostrofiko`s; mo`nos single + strofh` strophe.] (Pros.) Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure. Milton.

Mon`o*sul"phide (?), n. [Mono- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.

Mon`o*sul"phu*ret (?), n. [Mono- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) See Monosulphide.

Mon`o*syl*lab"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. monosyllabique.] Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language. -- Mon`o*syl*lab"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

Mon`o*syl"la*bism (?), n. The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.

Mon"o*syl`la*ble (?), n. [L. monosyllabus of one syllable, Gr. &?;: cf. F. monosyllabe. See Mono-, Syllable.] A word of one syllable.

Mon"o*syl`la*bled (?), a. Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Cleveland.

{ Mon`o*sym*met"ric (?), Mon`o*sym*met"ric*al (?), } a. [Mono- + symmetric, - ical.] (Crystallog.) Same as Monoclinic.

Mon`o*tes"sa*ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; four.] A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. [R.]

||Mon`o*thal"a*ma (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + qa`lamos a ||chamber.] (Zoöl.) A division of Foraminifera including those that ||have only one chamber.

Mon`o*thal"a*man (?), n. [See Monothalamous.] (Zoöl.) A foraminifer having but one chamber.

Mon`o*thal"a*mous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. qa`lamos chamber: cf. F. monothalame.] (Zoöl.) One-chambered.

Mon`o*thal"mic (?), a. [See Monothalamous.] (Bot.) Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown.

Mon`o*the"cal (?), a. [Mono- + Br. &?; box.] (Bot.) Having a single loculament.

Mon"o*the*ism (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; god: cf. F. monothéisme.] The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.

Mon"o*the*ist, n. [Cf. F. monothéiste.] One who believes that there is but one God.

Mon`o*the*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to monotheism.

{ Mo*noth"e*lism (?), Mo*noth"e*li*tism (?), } n. [Cf. F. monothélisme, monothélitisme.] The doctrine of the Monothelites.

Mo*noth"e*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?;; mo`nos alone, only + &?;, &?;, to will, be willing: cf. F. monothélite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon.

Mon`o*the*lit"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine.

Mo*not"o*cous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; birth, offspring.] 1. (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.

2. (Zoöl.) Uniparous; laying a single egg.

Mo*not"o*mous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; cutting, fr. &?; to cut.] (Min.) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.

Mon"o*tone (?), n. [See Monotonous, Monotony.] 1. (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound.

2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.

{ Mon`o*ton"ic (?), Mon`o*ton"ic*al (?), } a. Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. "Monotonical declamation." Chesterfield.

Mo*not"o*nist (?), n. One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced. Richardson.

Mo*not"o*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; mo`nos alone, single + &?; tone. See Tone.] Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.

Mo*not"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. monotonie. See Monotonius.] 1. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.

2. Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.

At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding
expanse attracts attention.

W. Irving.

||Mon`o*trem"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; hole.] ||(Zoöl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of ||the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. ||The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and ||Echidna.

Mon`o*trem"a*tous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.

Mon"o*treme (?), n. [Cf. F. monotrème.] (Zoöl.) One of the Monotremata.

Mon`o*tri"glyph (?), n. [Mono- + triglyph: cf. F. monotriglyphe.] (Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.

||Mo*not"ro*pa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; turn, from &?; ||to turn.] (Bot.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including ||the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of ||the stem.

{ Mon"o*type (?), Mon`o*typ"ic (?), } a. [Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.

Mo*nov"a*lent (?), a. [Mono- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

Mo*nox"ide (?), n. [Mon- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.

||Mo*nox"y*lon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; made from one piece ||of wood; mo`nos alone + &?; wood.] A canoe or boat made from one ||piece of timber.

Mo*nox"y*lous (?), a. [See Monoxylon.] Made of one piece of wood.

||Mon`o*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. mo`nos single + zo^,on an ||animal.] (Zoöl.) A division of Radiolaria; -- called also ||Monocyttaria. -- Mon`o*zo"ic (#), a.

Mon*roe" doc"trine. See under Doctrine.

||Mon`sei`gneur" (?), n.; pl. Messeigneurs (#). [F., fr. mon my + ||seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and cf. Monsieur.] My ||lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, ||Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, ||specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. ||Mgr.)

Mon"sel's salt` (?). (Med.) A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.

Mon"sel's so*lu"tion (?). [See Monsel's salt.] (Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.

||Mon*sieur" (?), n.; pl. Messieurs (#). [F., fr. mon my + Sieur, ||abbrev. of seigneur lord. See Monseigneur.] 1. The common title of ||civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. ||[Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by ||MM. or Messrs. in the plural.]

2. The oldest brother of the king of France.

3. A Frenchman. [Contemptuous] Shak.

||Mon`si*gno"re (?), n.; pl. Monsignors (#). [It., my lord. Cf. ||Monseigneur.] My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the ||pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal ||court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

Mon*soon" (?), n. [Malay msim, fr. Ar. mausim a time, season: cf. F. monson, mousson, Sr. monzon, Pg. monção, It. monsone.] A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.

Mon"ster (?), n. [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.] 1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

A monster or marvel.

Chaucer.

2. Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.

3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.

Mon"ster, a. Monstrous in size. Pope.

Mon"ster, v. t. To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.

Mon"strance (?), n. [LL. monstrantia, fr. L. monstrare to show: cf. OF. monstrance. See Monster.] (R. C. Ch.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.

Mon*stra"tion (?), n. [L. monstratio.] The act of demonstrating; proof. [Obs.]

A certain monstration.

Grafton.

Mon*stros"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Monstrosities (#). [Cf. F. monstruosité. See Monstrous.] The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South.

A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of
a species.

Adanson (Trans. ).

Mon"strous (?), a. [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.] 1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.]

2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke.

He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to
love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.

Jer. Taylor.

3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.

4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.

So bad a death argues a monstrous life.

Shak.

5. Abounding in monsters. [R.]

Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of
the monstrous world.

Milton.

Mon"strous, adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on the top." Bacon.

And will be monstrous witty on the poor.

Dryden.

Mon"strous*ly, adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. "Who with his wife is monstrously in love." Dryden.

Mon"strous*ness, n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak.

Mon`stru*os"i*ty (?), n. Monstrosity. [Obs.] Shak.

Mon"stru*ous (?), a. Monstrous. [Obs.]

||Mont (?), n. [F. See Mount, n.] Mountain.

Mon"taigne (?), n. A mountain. [Obs.]

Mon*tan"ic (?), a. [L. montanus, fr. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n.] Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.

Mon"ta*nist (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic (#), Mon`ta*nis"tic*al (#), a.

Mon"tant (?), n. [F.,prop., mounting, fr. monter to mount, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount.] 1. (Fencing) An upward thrust or blow. Shak.

2. (Arch.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile. [R.] See Stile.

||Mont" de pi`é`té" (?). [F., fr. It. monte di pietà mount of piety.] ||One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in ||Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a ||low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of ||piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in ||Spain and France. See Lombard-house.

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||Mon"te (mn"t), n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards ||remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, ||mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice ||or cards.

Monte`-ac"id (?), n. [F. monter to raise + acide acid.] (Chem.) An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.

Mon*teith" (?), n. See Monteth.

Mon"tem (?), n. [L. ad montem to the hillock. See Mount, n.] A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.

Mon*te"ro (?), n. [Sp. montera a hunting cap, fr. montero a huntsman, monte a mountain, forest, L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n.] An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. Bacon.

{ Mon*teth" (?), Mon*teith" (?) }, n. A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by one vessel
saved his name from death.

King.

||Mont`gol"fier (?), n. A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air ||heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, ||Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and ||sent up a fire balloon.

Month (mnth), n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. mnð, mnað; akin to mna moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. mnd, Icel. mnuðr, mnaðr, Goth. mnþs. &radic;272. See Moon.] One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.

In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean a calendar month. Cooley's Blackstone.

A month mind. (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after death. Strype. -- Calendar months, the months as adjusted in the common or Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November, containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February, which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29. -- Lunar month, the period of one revolution of the moon, particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are distinguished, as the synodical month, or period from one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m. 2.87 s.; the nodical month, or time of revolution from one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36 s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the anomalistic, or time of revolution from perigee to perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and the tropical, or time of passing from any point of the ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7 s. -- Solar month, the time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1 s.

Month"ling (?), n. That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. [R.] Wordsworth.

Month"ly, a. 1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine.

Monthly nurse, a nurse who serves for a month or some short time, esp. one which attends women after childbirth.

Month"ly, n.; pl. Monthlies (&?;). A publication which appears regularly once a month.

Month"ly, adv. 1. Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly. Shak.

2. As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. [Obs.] Middleton.

Mon"ti*cle (?), n. [L. monticulus, dim. of mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. monticule. See Mount, n.] A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence. [Written also monticule.]

Mon*tic"u*late (?), a. Furnished with monticles or little elevations.

Mon"ti*cule (?), n. See Monticle.

Mon*tic"u*lous (?), a. Monticulate.

Mon"ti*form (?), a. [L. mons, montis, mountain + -form.] Resembling a mountain in form.

Mon*tig"e*nous (?), a. [L. montigena; mons, montis, mountain + the root of gignere to beget.] Produced on a mountain.

||Mon`toir" (?), n. [F., fr. monter to mount. See Montant.] A stone ||used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Mon"ton (?), n. [Sp.] (Mining) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

Mon*tross" (?), n. See Matross. [Obs.]

Mon"true (?), n. [F., fr. monter to mount. See Montoir.] That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mon"u*ment (?), n. [F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See Monition, and cf. Moniment.] 1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

Of ancient British art A pleasing monument.

Philips.

Our bruised arms hung up for monuments.

Shak.

2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.

On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all
rites That appertain unto a burial.

Shak.

3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.

4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.

Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days.

Foxe.

Syn. -- Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.

Mon`u*men"tal (?), a. [L. monumentalis: cf. F. monumental.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription.

2. Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. "Of pine, or monumental oak." Milton.

A work outlasting monumental brass.

Pope.

Mon`u*men"tal*ly, adv. 1. By way of memorial.

2. By means of monuments.

Mon*u"re*id (?), n. [Mon- + ureid.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid. [Written also monureide.]

Moo (m), a., adv., & n. See Mo. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Moo (m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooing.] [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- a child's word.

Moo, n. The lowing of a cow.

Mood (md), n. [The same word as mode, perh. influenced by mood temper. See Mode.] 1. Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

2. (Gram.) Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.

Mood, n. [OE. mood, mod, AS. mdmind, feeling, heart, courage; akin to OS. & OFries. md, D. moed, OHG. muot, G. muth, mut, courage, Dan. & Sw. mod, Icel. mðr wrath, Goth. mds.] Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.

Till at the last aslaked was his mood.

Chaucer.

Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything.

Shak.

The desperate recklessness of her mood.

Hawthorne.

Moo"der (?), n. Mother. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mood"i*ly (md"*l), adv. In a moody manner.

Mood"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods.

||Moo"dir (?), n. [Ar. mudr.] The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. ||[Written also mudir.]

Mood"ish (?), a. Moody. [Obs.]

Mood"ish*ly, adv. Moodily. [Obs.]

Mood"y (-), a. [Compar. Moodier (?); superl. Moodiest.] [AS. mdig courageous.] 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. "Every peevish, moody malcontent." Rowe.

Arouse thee from thy moody dream!

Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.

{ Moo"lah (?), Mool"lah }, n. See Mollah.

Mool"ley (?), n. Same as Mulley.

Moon (mn), n. [OE. mone, AS. mna; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. mno, G. mond, Icel. mni, Dan. maane, Sw. måne, Goth. mna, Lith. men, L. mensis month, Gr. mh`nh moon, mh`n month, Skr. ms moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. m to measure), from its serving to measure the time. &radic;271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses, Monday, Month.] 1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

The crescent moon, the diadem of night.

Cowper.

2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month. Shak.

4. (Fort.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Moon blindness. (a) (Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks. (b) (Med.) Hemeralopia. -- Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. -- Moon face, a round face like a full moon. -- Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic] -- Moon month, a lunar month. -- Moon trefoil (Bot.), a shrubby species of medic (Medicago arborea). See Medic. -- Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.

Moon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooning.] To expose to the rays of the moon.

If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet
once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned.

Holland.

Moon, v. i. To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

Elsley was mooning down the river by himself.

C. Kingsley.

Moon"beam` (?), n. A ray of light from the moon.

Moon"blind` (?), a. Dim-sighted; purblind.

Moon"blink` (?), n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.

Moon"calf` (?), n. 1. A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.

2. A dolt; a stupid fellow. Dryden.

Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting (?), a. Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude.

Mooned (?), a. Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. "Sharpening in mooned horns." "Mooned Ashtaroth." Milton.

Moon"er (?), n. One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck. [R.] Dickens.

Moon"er*y (?), n. Conduct of one who moons. [R.]

Moon"et (?), n. A little moon. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Moon"-eye` (?), n. 1. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus Hyodon, esp. H. tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters. (b) The cisco.

Moon"-eyed` (?), a. Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.

Moon"-faced` (?), a. Having a round, full face.

Moon"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish. (c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.

Moon"flow`er (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy. (b) A kind of morning glory (Ipomœa Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night.

Moong (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Mung.

Moon"glade` (?), n. The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water. [Poetic]

Moo"nie (m"n), n. (Zoöl.) The European goldcrest.

Moon"ish (mn"sh), a. Like the moon; variable.

Being but a moonish youth.

Shak.

Moon"less, a. Being without a moon or moonlight.

Moon`light` (?), n. The light of the moon. -- a. Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight.

Moon"ling (?), n. A simpleton; a lunatic. [Obs.]

Moon"lit` (?), a. Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore. "Moonlit dells." Lowell.