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), the
European tree sparrow. -- Mountain spinach.
(Bot.) See Orach. -- Mountain
tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant (Arnica
montana) of Europe; called also leopard's bane. --
Mountain witch (Zoöl.), a ground
pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon.

Moun`tain*eer" (moun`t&ibreve;n*ēr"),
n. [OF. montanier, LL. montanarius.
See Mountain.] 1. An inhabitant of a
mountain; one who lives among mountains.

2. A rude, fierce person. [Obs.]

No savage fierce, bandit, or
mountaineer.

Milton.

Moun`tain*eer", v. i. To live or
act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.

You can't go mountaineering in a flat
country.

H. James.

Moun"tain*er (?), n. A
mountaineer. [Obs.]

Moun"tain*et (?), n. A small
mountain. [R.]

Moun"tain*ous (?), a.

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