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Mountain
\Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]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.
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2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
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The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
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Mountain antelope (Zo["o]l.), the goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the
Pyrus Americana
(or
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
Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zo["o]l.), the sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zo["o]l.), the catamount. See
Catamount.
Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zo["o]l.), capercailzie. See
Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under
Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (
Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (
Bauhinia variegata
) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See
Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zo["o]l.) See
Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See
Green earth, under
Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub (
Nemopanthes Canadensis
), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub (
Kalmia latifolia
) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also
American laurel,
ivy bush, and
calico bush. See
Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Trifolium
(
Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of
Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zo["o]l.), the twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under
Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See
Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and
mountain colley. See
Ousel.
Mountain pride, or
Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (
Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
Mountain quail (Zo["o]l.), the plumed partridge (
Oreortyx pictus
) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (
Oryzopsis).
Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe (
Rosa alpina
).
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant (
Oxyria digyna
with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of
the genus
Geotrygon.
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Crystal
\Crys"tal\ (kr[i^]s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal,
L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. kry`stallos, fr. kry`os
icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob.
akin to E. crust. See
Crust,
Raw.]
1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to
assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of
cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces,
symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has
fixed axial ratios. See
Crystallization.
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2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or
nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with
gray, or the like; -- called also
rock crystal.
Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf.
Smoky quartz,
Pebble; also
Brazilian pebble, under
Brazilian.
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3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and
manufacture than common glass, and often cut into
ornamental forms. See
Flint glass.
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4. The glass over the dial of a watch case.
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5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
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The blue crystal of the seas. --Byron.
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Blood crystal. See under
Blood.
Compound crystal. See under
Compound.
Iceland crystal, a transparent variety of calcite, or
crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and
used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope.
Rock crystal, or
Mountain crystal, any transparent
crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless
quartz.
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