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noun

Mint n. (Bot.) 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 Mentha 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 Mentha piperita. Spearmint is Mentha viridis. Water mint is Mentha aquatica.

Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.

Mint julep. See Julep.

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

Mint n.

A place where money is coined by public authority.

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

Specifically: A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading.

adjective

mint adj.

Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint (1); as, he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition.

Specifically: (Numismatics) Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint (1).

verb

Mint v. t. (past & past part. minted; pres. part. minting)

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

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. "Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted."

Minting mill, a coining press.

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Etymology of 'Mint'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mint" Quotes from Famous Books

... was weel maskit, she smoored her wrath an' stappit her mooth wi' a bit o' oaten cake. We aye keep that i' the hoose, for th' auld servant-body is gey an' bad at the cookin' an' she's sae dour an' dowie that to speak but till her we daur hardly mint. ...

— Penelope's Progress - Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland • Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

... Secretary of State, upon Monsieur Chamillard's resignation of that employment. The want of money in that kingdom is so great, that the Court has thought fit to command all the plate of private families to be brought into the Mint. They write from the Hague of the 18th, that the States of Holland continue their session; and that they have approved the resolution of the States-General, to publish a second edict to prohibit the sale of corn ...

— The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 • George A. Aitken

... and mint ran riot over the sunken graves. Blueberry bushes grew lavishly in the sandy corner next to the fir wood. The varying fashions of tombstones for three generations were to be found there, from the flat, oblong, ...

— Rainbow Valley • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... is always to be striven for but it can never be attained. This fact is only fully realized by scientific workers. The banker can be accurate because he only counts or weighs masses of metal which he assumes to be exactly equal. The Master of the Mint knows that two coins are never exactly equal in weight, although he strives by improving machinery and processes to make the differences as small as possible. When the utmost care is taken, the finest ...

— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks

... need not pride himself upon his honesty above his fellow-men. Oftenest he is to be found paying lithe of mint, anise, and cumin, and neglecting the weightier matters of the law—justice, mercy, and truth. He strains at a gnat and swallows a camel. He is not more trustworthy than the man whose conversation is embellished with hyperbole, because he at least has ...

— From a Girl's Point of View • Lilian Bell

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