[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.||Mon"te (m&obreve;n"t&asl;), 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.
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