Minted
mint (mint), n. (AS.minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. minqa,
minqh.) (Bot.) The name of several aromatic
labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding
odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See
Mentha.
f Corn mint is Mentha arvensis. --
Horsemint is M. sylvestris, and in the
United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true
mints in several respects. -- Mountain mint is any
species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North
America. -- Peppermint is M. piperita. --
Spearmint is M. viridis. -- Water
mint is M. aquatica.
Mint camphor. (Chem.) See
Menthol. -- Mint julep. See
Julep. -- Mint sauce, a sauce
flavored with spearmint, for meats.
mint , n. (AS. mynet money, coin,fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a
surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to
monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E.
mind. See Mind, and cf. Money, Monition.)
1. A place where money is coined by public
authority.
2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of
unlimited supply; the supply itself.
A mint of phrases in his brain.
Shak.
mint , v. t. (imp. p. pr. to coin; to
make and stamp into money.
2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to
fashion.
Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily
minted. Bacon.
Minting mill, a coining press.
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