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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.

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.


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