[syn: mint, coin, strike]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. as if new;
- Example: "in mint condition"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), 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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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.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mint \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.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mint \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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
mint \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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mint
adj 1: as if new; "in mint condition"
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or
extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot
of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the
rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great
deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
2: any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic
leaves and small mauve flowers
3: any member of the mint family of plants
4: the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
5: a candy that is flavored with a mint oil [syn: mint, mint
candy]
6: a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
v 1: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
"strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
MiNT
(MinT is not TOS - a recursive acronym) A
freeware, open source operating system for the Atari ST
range of computers. MiNT was originally based on a port of
BSD to Atari ST computers by Eric R. Smith. MiNT gave the
Atari access to BSD's many network applications. A short
(1992-94) romance between MiNT and Atari Corp., who decided
to convert the system to the MultiTOS kernel, produced a
unique TOS/Unix hybrid, which provides simultaneous access to
both GEM and BSD application libraries.
Since MiNT is MultiTOS's kernel, it has kept all the features
described above and, if an AES replacement is installed, it
can show you a new face of MultiTOS. Unlike MultiTOS however,
MiNT is based on a different file system, that is faster and
more flexible than TOS's. Furthermore, thanks to the network
support, MiNT allows an Atari to be an Internet server
that can still run GEM and TOS applications! This has won
MiNT many devotees ("MiNTquisitors"), making it the main
competitor for ASH's MagiC.
Unlike Linux, MiNT can run on a Motorola 68000 with no
FPU. It needs at least 4 MB of RAM, more to run multiuser
or to run GEM applications at the same time.
(http://orient.uw.edu.pl/~conradus/docs/mint.html).
(1999-07-20)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Mint Is Not TRAC
MINT
(MINT) A version of TRAC used as the extension
language in the Freemacs editor.
(ftp://sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/freemacs).
(1994-10-31)