mountain 
mountain wine. 3. Like a mountain in size; 
vast; mighty. 
Tin' hr.-li, the inottittain majewty of worth 
Should be, anil Khali, survivor of lift woe. 
/.'..//.i/i, rhlldu UaroM, lii. 7. 
Mountain battery, boomer, cavy, howitzer, lime- 
atone, maize, etc. See the nouns. 
mountain-artillery (moun'tan-iir-til'e-ri), n. 
SIT lirlilll I'l/. 
mountain-ash (raouu'tiin-ash'), n. 1. One of 
several small trees of the genus J'ynis, having 
nsh-like loaves, primarily I'.iiucuparia, This, the 
rowan-tree or quick- beam, grows wild in the northern parts 
of the old World, and Is In general cultivation for iirna- 
ment, on account of Its handsome pinnate leaven, its small 
but numerous corymbed white flowers, and Its bright-red 
berries. The wood is used for tools ; the berries afford 
malic acid, and all parts of the tree, as also of the American 
species, are astringent. The best-known American moun- 
tain-ash is /'. Americana, a similar tree, but with larger 
leaves, and smaller though deeper-colored fruit. It Is na- 
tive In the mountains of the eastern United States and 
northward, and Is also cultivated. The western moun- 
tain-ash, P. nambud/otia, a not very different tree, extends 
across the continent. See dogberry, 2, and wicktn. 
2. One of several species of Eucalyptus, es- 
pecially E. amygdalina, K. goniocalyjc, E. Sie- 
lii-rinna, and E. pilnlarin (the flintwood). [Aus- 
tralia.] 
mountain-avens (moun'tan-av'enz), . A ro- 
saceous plant, Dryat och>i>etala. 
mountain-balm (moun 'tan -bam), n. 1. An 
evergreen plant, Eriodictyon ylutinosum (prob- 
ably also E. tomentosum). Also called yerba 
.tn n tn. 2. The Oswego tea, Monarda didynta: 
so called in the drug-trade. 
mountain-beauty (moun'tan-bu'ti), . The 
California mountain-trout. 
mountain-beaver (moun'tan-be'ver), . The 
sewellel, Haplodon riifm. See sewellel, and cut 
under Haplodon. 
mountain-blackbird (moun'tan-blak'berd), . 
The ring-ouzel, Merula torquata. Also called 
,1101/nttiiii-mlli'i/, IHOHH tula-ouzel, or mouiitniii- 
thrush. [Local, Eng.] 
mountain-blue (mouu'tan-blo), . 1. The blue 
carbonate of copper. See azurite, 1. 2. Same 
as blue ashes (which see, under blue). 
mountain-bramble (moun'tan-bram'bl), n. 
The cloudberry, Rubim Chamamorus. See 
rloudlxTri/. 
mountain-cat (moun'tan-kat), n. 1. A cata- 
mount; a wildcat. 2. An animal about as 
large as a cat, Bassaris astuta. See Hassans, 1. 
[Southwestern U. S.] 3. In her., same as 
catamount, '2. 
mountain-chain (moun'tan-chan), w. A con- 
nected series of mountains or conspicuous ele- 
vations. In the formation of mountains other than vol- 
canic the process has usually been of such a character 
that a long strip of country hi been raised In a sort of 
crest or wall ; indeed, regions thousands of miles in length 
have occasionally been thus affected. This elevated ridge 
or wall has either in the original process of mountain- 
building been raised into musses or subdivisions of vary- 
ing height and more or less isolated from each other, or 
else long-continued erosion and exposure to atmospheric 
agencies have brought about the same result. The more 
or less separated and distinct peaks, summits, or crests 
together make up the range. It is Impossible to establish 
any criterion by which one mountain-range can be sepa- 
rated from another adjacent one. In most cases, how- 
ever, there is more or less similarity, if not absolute iden- 
tity, between the different parts of a range, from both a 
geological and a topographical point of view ; but there 
are ranges which are made up of parts differing from each 
other greatly in lithological character and in the epoch of 
their formation, and which, nevertheless, are always popu- 
larly considered as forming one system, and are so desig- 
nated : this is the case with most of the greater mountain- 
chains, as the Himalayas, the Andes, and the Cordilleras. 
mountain-cock (moun'tan-kok), . The male 
cii|nMv;iillii', Tctrao iimit'iiUnx. 
mountain-cork (inonn'tan-kdrk), n, A white 
or gray variety of asbestos, so called from its 
extreme lightness, as it floats in water. Also 
called mountain-leather. 
mountain-cowslip (moun ' tan -kou' slip), n. 
See auricula, &uA French cowslip (under <woh/>). 
mountain-crab (moun'tijn-krab). . A land- 
crab of the family '.'/ rin-ciniilir. 
mountain-cranberry (moun' tan-kran'ber-i), 
ii. The cowberry, I'arriitium I'itis-ltliea. 
mountain-cross (raoun'tan-kr6s), n. In her., a 
plain cross humet or couped. 
mountain-curassow (moun'tan-ku-ran''6), n. 
A bird of the subfamily Orwip&HilM. 
mountain-damson (moun'tan-dam'zn), ii. A 
West lii'li;iii tivi'. Simiirulxi amiirti, which yields 
a bitter tonic and astringent. 
mountain-deer (mouu'tan-der), . The cham- 
ois. [Bare.] 
It is a taste of doubt and fear, 
To aught but Bunt or immnlain-dttr. 
Stort, Lord of the Isles, iv. 8. 
3877 
mountain-dew (momi'tan-dn), H. Whisky, es- 
Highland whisky. [Scotch.] 
mountain-tea 
mountain-lover (inoun'IAn-luv 'I'-r). . [Tr. 
XL. fti'fi/iliilit, Nuttall's niinic of tlic Krnus.J A 
The shepherds, who had all come down from the moun- 
tain heights, and were collected together (not without a 
qut-Mrhof the mfwntain-deicor water of life) in a large shed. 
J. Wilson, Lights and shadows of Scottish Life, p. 306. 
mountain-ebony (raoun'tau-ob'o-ni), n. The 
wood of an Indian tree, Jlniiliiiiin variegata. 
mountained (moun'taml), a. [< mountain + 
-/-.] 1. Covered with mountains. 
Tills mountained world. ',.,<. Hyperion. 
2. Heaped up high. 
Olant Vice and Irreligion rise 
On mountain' d falsehoods to invade the skies. 
Brown, Essay on Satire. 
mountaineer (moun-ta-ner'), . [Formerly also 
iiiniiiiiniiii'f; < OF. montanier, motitagnier, mun- 
tnignirr = It. montagnaro, montanaro. < ML. 
montanarius, a mountaineer, prop, adj., < L. 
montana, mountains: see mountain and -eer.] 
1. An inhabitant of a mountainous district; 
hence, a person regarded as uncouth or bar- 
barous. 
Who call'd me traitor, mountaineer. 
Shale., Cymbeline, Iv. 2. 120. 
A few inmintaiiitn may escape, enough to continue the 
human race ; and yet, being illiterate rusticks (as moun- 
tainers always are), they can preserve no memoirs of former 
times. Benttey, Sermons (ed. 1724), p. 108. (Latham.) 
2. A climber of mountains: as, he has distin- 
guished himself as a mountaineer. 
mountaineer (monn-ta-ner'), 0. '. [< moun- 
taineer, .] To assume or practise the habits of 
a mountaineer ; climb mountains : seldom used 
except in the present participle or the parti- 
cipial adjective. 
Not only in childhood and old age are the arms used for 
purposes of support, but In cases of emergency, as when 
mountaineering, they are so used by men in full vigour. 
//. Spencer, Prln. of BIol., S 60. 
mountaineering (moun-ta-ner'ing), n. [Verbal 
n. of mountaineer, r.] The act or practice of 
climbing mountains. 
mountainert (moun'tan-er), . Same as moun- 
taineer. 
mountainett (moun'tan-et), n. [Formerly also 
mountanet; < OF. montagne, montaignette, dim. 
of montai/ne, montaigne, a mountain: see moun- 
tain.] A small mountain. 
Betwixt her breasts (which sweetly rose up like two fair 
mnuntainet* In the pleasant vale of Tempe) there hung a 
very rich diamond. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, L 
mountain-fern (moun'tan-fern), H. A common 
European fern, Aspidium Oreoj>teris, closely al- 
lied to the male-fern, A. Filix-mas. 
mpuntain-fever (moun'tan-fVyer), n. A name 
given somewhat loosely to certain fevers occur- 
ring in the Cordilleras. They are usually ma- 
larial or typhoid. 
mountain-finch (moun 'tan -finch), . The 
brambling or bramble-finch, Fringilla monti- 
I'riiit/itla. See brambling. 
mountain-flax (moun'tan-flaks), ii. 1. Aplant, 
I. in n in catharticiim or Polygala Senega. See flax, 
1 (a) and (b), and Linum. 2. A fibrous asbes- 
tos, especially when spun and made into cloth. 
mountain-fringe (moun't^n-frinj), n. The 
climbing fumitory, Adlumia cirrhosa. See cut 
under Adlumia. 
mountain-grape (moun ' tan - grap), n. See 
grape 1 . 
mountain-green (moun'tan-gren), M. 1. Same 
us >iiiiliiclii/c-f/i'i'i'ii, 1. 2. Same as May-pole. 3. 
mountain-guava (moun'tan-gwa'va), ii. See 
i/inll'il. 
mountain-hare (moun'tau-har), . An alter- 
native name of the northeni or varying hare, 
Lepn.t riii-inbiliii, and of some of its varieties. 
mountain-holly (moun' tan-hoi 'i), n. A 
North American plant, Xeinopanthes Canaden- 
si.i, a branching shrub with ash-gray bark. 
mountain-laurel (moun'tan-la'rel), n. I. Kal- 
inin liitifiilia. See cut under Kalmia. 2. Um- 
liellii/iii-in Ciilit'ornii'ii. 3. A plant of the genus 
Ofnli a (Oi-iiiiiii/ihne). 
mountain-leather (moun ' tan - IOTH ' er), . 
Same as mountain-cork. 
mountain-licorice (moun'tan-Hk'o-ris), . A 
European species of trefoil, Trifolium alpiiiiiin. 
mountain-linnet (moun'tan-liu'et), n. Asmall 
fringilline bird of Europe, Linota mnntiiini. tin 1 
twite. 
mountain-lion (moun'tfin-li'on), . The cou- 
ir:ir, I-'i'/i.i i-iiiii-i>liir. See cut under cougar. 
[Western U. S.] 
There deer, bears, mountain-twit*, antelope, and tur- 
keys are In abundance. Harper's May., LXXV1I. 878. 
proposed name for plants of the genus I'u 
1 1 in n. -Canby'B mountain-lover, P. Canbyi, a shrub 
with deep-colored evergreen leaves, discovered in the 
mountains of Virginia In 1868. 
mountain-magnolia (moun'tan-mag-no'lifi), w . 
See Mni/iiiiliii. 
mountain-mahoe (nioun'tfin-iua'ho), n. See 
ma In n . 
mountain-mahogany (moun ' tan - ma - hog ' a - 
ni), ii. Sec iiiahoi/inty. 
mountain-man (moun'tan-man), n. A trap- 
per: so called in the Rocky Mountains. Sports- 
man's Gazetteer. 
mountain-mango (moun'tan-mang'go), n. See 
mani/ii. 
mountain-maple (moun'tan-ma'pl), . See 
maple 1 . 
mountain-meal (moun'tan-mel), n. Same as 
lii'i'i/int til. 
mountain-milk (moun'tan-milk), ii. A very 
soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime. 
mountain-mint (moun'tan-mint), . See mint 2 . 
mountainous (moun 'tan -us), a. [Formerly 
also mountanous; < OF! montnigneux, F. mon- 
tagneux = Sp. montanuso = Pg. munldi/ltoso = 
It. montagnoio, < LL. montaniosus, mountain- 
ous, < L. montana, neut. pi., mountainous re- 
gions: see mountain.] 1. Abounding in moun- 
tains : as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 
The Country is not moutiianout, nor yet low, but inch 
pleasant plaint tills, and fertile valleyes. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith'* Works, 1. 115. 
2. Large as a mountain ; huge ; towering. 
What cnstom wills, in all things should we do t . 
The dust on antique time would He unswept, 
And mountainou* error be too highly heapt 
For truth to o'er-peer. Shale., Cor., 1L S. 127. 
On Garth, In Air. amidst the Seas and Skies, 
Mountainous Heaps of Wonders rise. 
Prior, On Ex. UL 14, st 7. 
3f. Inhabiting mountains ; barbarous. 
In ... destructions by deluge and earthquake, . . . 
the remnant of people which hap to be reserved are com- 
monly Ignorant and mountainous people, that can give no 
account of the time past. Bacon, Vlciasitude of Things. 
mountainousness(moun'tan-u8-nes), . Moun- 
tainous character or condition. 
Armenia is so called from the mmmtainousness of It. 
Brercteood. 
mountain-parsley (moun'tan-pars'li), n. 1. 
The plant Peucedanum Orconelinum. 2. The 
parsley-fern of Europe, Cryptogramme (Alloso- 
rus) crispa. 
mountain-pepper (moun'tan-pep'er), w. The 
seeds of Capparis Sinaiea. 
mountain-plum (moun'tan-plum), . A tree, 
Ximenia Americana. 
mountain-pride (moun'tan-prid), n. A tree of 
Jamaica : same as May-pole, 3. 
mountain-rhubarb (moun' tan -re'bftrb), w. 
The plant Bumex alpinus. 
mountain-rice (moun'tan-ris) ; n. 1. An upland 
rice grown without irrigation in the Himalayas, 
Cochin-China, and some districts of the Unit- 
ed States and Europe. 2. Any of the several 
grasses of the genus Oryzopxis. 
mountain-rose (mouu't&n-roz), . The alpine 
rose, Rosa al]>ina. 
mountain-sandwort (moun'tan-sand'wert), H. 
See sandwort. 
mountain-sheep (moun'tan-shep), N. The com- 
mon wild sheep of the Rocky and other North 
American mountains; the bighorn, Oris mon- 
tana. 
mountain-soap (moun'tan-sop), n. A clay-like 
mineral, having a greasy feel, which softens in 
water and is said to have been used as a soap: 
it is generally regarded as a variety of halloy- 
site. 
mountain-sorrel (moun'tan-sor'el), . Aplant 
of the genus Oiyria. 
mountain-sparrow (moun'tan-spar'6), . The 
tree-sparrow. Passer montaiitis. 
mountain-spinach (moun'tan-spin'aj), w. A 
tall erect plant, A triples hortrimis, of the natural 
order < 'In n:ii>niliaceie, a native of Tatary. it is 
cultivated in France, under the name arrvthf, for the 
sake of its Urge succulent leaves, which are used as 
spinach. Also called garden- orach. 
mountain-sweet (moun ' tan -s wet), n. New 
Jersey tea. See Ceanothus. 
mountain-tallow (moun 'tan-taro), n. A miner- 
al subst;i in T having the color and feel of tallow. 
It occurs in a bog on the borders of Loch Fyne in Scot- 
land, in a Swedish lake, and in geodes in the Glamorgan 
coal-measures. Also called hatchettite, hatchettin. 
mountain-tea (moun'tiln-te), . The American 
wintergreen. tiaiilthcriu 
