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Black monk
Black monk Black" monk`
A Benedictine monk.
black-crested monkeySimpai Sim"pai, n.[Malay simpei.] (Zo["o]l.)
A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of
Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and
cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the
under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and
sinp[ae]. Diana monkeyDiana Di*a"na, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
with the Greek goddess Artemis.
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
Diana monkey (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey
of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana). MonkeriesMonkery Monk"er*y, n.; pl. Monkeries.
1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or
customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
Miters, and wretched dead medi[ae]val monkeries.
--Carlyle.
2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]
Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.
--Latimer. MonkeryMonkery Monk"er*y, n.; pl. Monkeries.
1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or
customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
Miters, and wretched dead medi[ae]val monkeries.
--Carlyle.
2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]
Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.
--Latimer. MonkeyMonkey Mon"key, v. t. & i.
To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a
grotesque or meddlesome manner.
To monkey with, to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq.] monkey wheelGin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.]
1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
Spenser.
2.
(a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
(b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
gin.
Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
sails.
Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin,
rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel.
Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting
a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
Gin wheel.
(a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
(b) (Mining) the drum of a whim. Monkey wrenchWrench Wrench (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc
deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness,
renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [root]144. See Wring,
and cf. Ranch, v. t.]
1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]
His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. --Chaucer.
2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
He wringeth them such a wrench. --Skelton.
The injurious effect upon biographic literature of
all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused
everywhere. --De Quincey.
3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.] --Bacon.
5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an
angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for
exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts,
screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have
adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different
sizes.
6. (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of
forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number
of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be
compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing or
tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles,
or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or
wagon.
Monkey wrench. See under Monkey.
Wrench hammer, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit
of being used as a hammer. Monkey-cupMonkey-cup Mon"key-cup`, n. (Bot.)
See Nepenthes. Monkey-potMonkey-pot Mon"key-pot`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria,
and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large,
pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and
opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top.
Vases and pots are made of this capsule. Monkeytail
Monkeytail Mon"key*tail`, n. (Naut.)
A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.
--Totten.
MonkfishMonkfish Monk"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The angel fish (Squatina).
(b) The angler (Lophius). monkfishAngler An"gler, n.
1. One who angles.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and
America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with
the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are
said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also
fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish,
allmouth, monkfish, etc. MonkflowerMonkflower Monk"flow`er, n. (Bot.)
A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of
flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now
ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus
(Catasetum tridentatum, etc.). Monkhood
Monkhood Monk"hood, n. [Monk + -hood.]
1. The character or condition of a monk. --Atterbury.
2. Monks, regarded collectively. --Longfellow.
Monking
Monking Monk"ing, a.
Monkish. [R.] --Coleridge.
MonkishMonkish Monk"ish, a.
Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish
manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. -- Monk"ish*ness,
n. MonkishnessMonkish Monk"ish, a.
Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish
manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. -- Monk"ish*ness,
n. Monkly
Monkly Monk"ly, a.
Like, or suitable to, a monk. [R.]
MonkshoodMonkshood Monks"hood`, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite. Moor monkeyMoor Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D.
moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere.
See Mere a lake.]
1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and
having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and
abounding in peat; a heath.
In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.
2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Moor buzzard (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
Moor cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red
grouse of Europe.
Moor coot. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallinule.
Moor fowl. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus
Scoticus).
(b) The European heath grouse. See under Heath.
Moor game. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Moor fowl (above).
Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria
c[ae]rulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
Moor hawk (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier.
Moor hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The female of the moor fowl.
(b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
Gallinule.
(c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).
Moor monkey (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo
(Macacus maurus).
Moor titling (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat
(Pratinocola rubicola). Negro monkeyNegro Ne"gro, a.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Negro bug (Zo["o]l.), a minute black bug common on the
raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable
flavor.
negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the
West Indies. see Durra. --McElrath.
Negro fly (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly (Psila
ros[ae]) which, in the larval state, is injurious to
carrots; -- called also carrot fly.
Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.
Negro monkey (Zo["o]l.), the moor monkey. Owl monkeyOwl Owl, n. [AS. [=u]le; akin to D. uil, OHG. [=u]wila, G.
eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family
Strigid[ae]. They have large eyes and ears, and a
conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are
mostly nocturnal in their habits.
Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the
head. The feathers are soft and somewhat downy. The
species are numerous. See Barn owl, Burrowing owl,
Eared owl, Hawk owl, Horned owl, Screech owl,
Snowy owl, under Barn, Burrowing, etc.
Note: In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with
desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a
bird of ill omen. . . . The Greeks and Romans made it
the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and
indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of
wisdom. --Am. Cyc.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Owl monkey (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of South
American nocturnal monkeys of the genus Nyctipithecus.
They have very large eyes. Called also durukuli.
Owl moth (Zo["o]l.), a very large moth (Erebus strix).
The expanse of its wings is over ten inches.
Owl parrot (Zo["o]l.), the kakapo.
Sea owl (Zo["o]l.), the lumpfish.
Owl train, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run
is in the nighttime. Pluto monkeyPluto Plu"to, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune;
the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.
Pluto monkey (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed African monkey
(Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general
color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is
white. Powder monkeyPowder Pow"der, n. [OE. poudre, pouldre, F. poudre, OF. also
poldre, puldre, L. pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour,
mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. Polverine, Pulverize.]
1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced
by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it
falls by decay; dust.
Grind their bones to powder small. --Shak.
2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.;
gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
Atlas powder, Baking powder, etc. See under Atlas,
Baking, etc.
Powder down (Zo["o]l.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation,
of powder-down feathers.
Powder-down feather (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar kind of
modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain
parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a
scaly exfoliation.
Powder-down patch (Zo["o]l.), a tuft or patch of
powder-down feathers.
Powder hose, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in
diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines.
--Farrow.
Powder hoy (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry
powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually
painted red and carry a red flag.
Powder magazine, or Powder room. See Magazine, 2.
Powder mine, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See Mine.
Powder monkey (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war
vessels to carry powder; a powder boy.
Powder post. See Dry rot, under Dry.
Powder puff. See Puff, n. proboscis monkeyKahau Ka*hau", n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo["o]l.)
A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of
Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut,
with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head,
golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the
back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also
kaha.] Proboscis monkeyProboscis Pro*bos"cis, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
2. (Zo["o]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
3. The nose. [Jocose]
Proboscis monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Kahau. Sacred monkey Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.), a religious order
of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826.
It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the
order devote themselves to the higher branches of female
education.
Sacred baboon. (Zo["o]l.) See Hamadryas.
Sacred bean (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo
speciosa or Nelumbium speciosum), a plant resembling a
water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus.
Sacred beetle (Zo["o]l.) See Scarab.
Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3.
Sacred fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyrid[ae].
Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered
sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyrus
oxyrhynchus.
Sacred ibis. See Ibis.
Sacred monkey. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopithecus,
regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the
entellus. See Entellus.
(b) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas.
(c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey.
Sacred place (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person
is buried.
Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted;
religious; venerable; reverend. -- Sa"cred*ly, adv. --
Sa"cred*ness, n.
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