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M — Motor to Mountingly (Part 6 of 6)

Mountebank
(Mount"e*bank), v. i. To play the mountebank.

Mountebankery
(Mount"e*bank`er*y) n. The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

Mountebankish
(Mount"e*bank`ish), a. Like a mountebank or his quackery. Howell.

Mountebankism
(Mount"e*bank*ism) n. The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.

Mounted
(Mount"ed), a.

1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.

2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.

Mountenaunce
(Mount"e*naunce) n. Mountance. [Obs.]

Mounter
(Mount"er) n.

1. One who mounts.

2. An animal mounted; a monture. [Obs.]

Mounting
(Mount"ing), n.

1. The act of one that mounts.

2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.

Mountingly
(Mount"ing*ly), adv. In an ascending manner.