MINTING

Verb

minting

present participle of mint

Noun

minting (plural mintings)

The act by which money is minted.

Source: Wiktionary


MINT

Mint, n. Etym: [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

Note: Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.

– Horsemint is M. sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects.

– Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America.

– Peppermint is M. piperita.

– Spearmint is M. viridis.

– Water mint is M. aquatica. Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.

– Mint julep. See Julep.

– Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.

Mint, n. Etym: [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Money, Monition.]

1. A place where money is coined by public authority.

2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. A mint of phrases in his brain. Shak.

Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.] Etym: [AS. mynetian.]

1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.

2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted. Bacon. Minting mill, a coining press.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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