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Mon*tig"e*nous (?), a. [L.
montigena; mons, montis, mountain + the root of
gignere to beget.] Produced on a mountain.

||Mon`toir" (?), n. [F., fr.
monter to mount. See Montant.] A stone used in
mounting a horse; a horse block.

Mon"ton (?), n. [Sp.] (Mining)
A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of
amalgamation.

Mon*tross" (?), n. See
Matross. [Obs.]

Mon"true (?), n. [F., fr. monter
to mount. See Montoir.] That on which anything is
mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse. [Obs.]
Spenser.

Mon"u*ment (?), n. [F., fr. L.
monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See
Monition, and cf. Moniment.] 1.
Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what
is past; a memorial.

Of ancient British art

A pleasing monument.

Our bruised arms hung up for
monuments.


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