mints
plural of mint
mints
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mint
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Source: Wiktionary
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
