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Moun"tain (moun"t&ibreve;n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains;
growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain
pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain
howitzer.

2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very
great.

The high, the mountain majesty of
worth.

Mountain antelope (Zoöl.), the
goral. -- Mountain ash (Bot.), an
ornamental tree, the Pyrus (Sorbus) Americana, producing
beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is
the P. aucuparia, or rowan tree. -- Mountain
barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. --
Mountain beaver (Zoöl.), the
sewellel. -- Mountain blue (Min.),
blue carbonate of copper; azurite.


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