MINT
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Mint (mĭnt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa, mi`nqh.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
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&hand_; 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.
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Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol. -- Mint julep. See Julep. -- Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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Mint, n. [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.
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2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
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A mint of phrases in his brain.
Shak.
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3. Specifically: A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading.
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Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.] [AS. mynetian.]
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1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
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2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
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Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted.
Bacon.
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Minting mill, a coining press.
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mint, a. 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.
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2. Specifically: (Numismatics) Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{1}.
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