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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.

Mint, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Minting.] [AS. mynetian.]

1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to
make and stamp into money.

2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to
fashion.


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