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Mon*te"ro (?), n. [Sp. montera a
hunting cap, fr. montero a huntsman, monte a mountain,
forest, L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount,
n.] An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or
huntsmen. Bacon.

{ Mon*teth" (?), Mon*teith" (?) },
n. A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so
called from the name of the inventor.

New things produce new words, and thus
Monteth

Has by one vessel saved his name from death.

||Mont`gol"fier (?), n. A balloon
which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire
balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph
Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a
fire balloon.

Month (mŭnth), n. [OE.
month, moneth, AS. mōnð,
mōnað; akin to mōna moon, and to D.
maand month, G. monat, OHG. mānōd,
Icel. mānuðr, mānaðr, Goth.


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