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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINT, n. [L. moneta.]
1. The place where money is coined by public authority. In Great Britain, formerly, there was a mint in almost every county; but the privilege of coining is now considered as a royal prerogative in that country, and as the prerogative of the sovereign power in other countries. The only mint now in Great Britain is in the Tower of London. The mint in the United States is in Philadelphia.
2. A place of invention or fabrication; as a mint of phrases; a mint of calumny.
3. A source of abundant supply.
MINT, v.t. To coin; to make and stamp money.
1. To invent; to forge; to fabricate.
MINT, n. [L.mentha.] A plant of the genus Mentha.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English minte, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek minth? mint Date: before 12th century 1. any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit; especially any of a genus (Mentha) of mints that have white, purple, or pink verticillate flowers with a nearly regular corolla and four equal stamens and that include some used in flavoring and cookery 2. a confection flavored with mint • minty adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet, from Latin moneta mint, coin, from Moneta, epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta Date: 15th century 1. a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made 2. a place where something is manufactured 3. a vast sum or amount <worth a mint> III. transitive verb Date: circa 1520 1. to make (as coins) out of metal ; coin 2. create, produce 3. to cause to attain an indicated status <newly minted doctors> • minter noun IV. adjective Date: 1902 unmarred as if fresh from a mint <in mint condition>

Britannica Concise

In botany, any fragrant, strong-scented herb of the genus Mentha, composed of about 25 species of perennial herbs, and certain related genera of the mint family (Lamiaceae, or Labiatae), which contains about 3,500 species of flowering plants in about 160 genera. Mints are important to humans as herb plants useful for flavor, fragrance, and medicinal properties. True mints have square stems, opposite, aromatic leaves, and small flowers usually of a pale purple, pink, or white color arranged in clusters, either forming separate whorls or crowded together in a terminal spike. All Mentha species contain volatile oil in resinous dots in the leaves and stems. Included in this genus are peppermint, spearmint, marjoram, rosemary, and thyme; other members of the mint family include lavender, hyssop, and catnip. In economics, a place where coins are made according to exact compositions, weights, and dimensions, usually specified by law. The first state mint was probably established by the Lydians in the 7th cent. BC. The art spread through the Aegean Islands into Italy and other Mediterranean countries, as well as to Persia and India. The Romans laid the foundations of modern minting standards. Coining originated independently in China in the 7th cent. BC and spread to Japan and Korea. In medieval Europe, mints proliferated as every feudal authority--kings, counts, bishops, and free cities--exercised the mint privilege; the wide variation in coinage that resulted often handicapped commerce. Most countries now operate only one mint, though the U.S. has two active mints, in Philadelphia and Denver. Proof sets of coins for coin collectors are minted in San Francisco. Countries not large or prosperous enough to establish a national mint have their coins struck in foreign mints. Many mints perform functions other than minting, notably refining precious metals and manufacturing medals and seals. See also currency, money. In botany, any fragrant, strong-scented herb of the genus Mentha, composed of about 25 species of perennial herbs, and certain related genera of the mint family (Lamiaceae, or Labiatae), which contains about 3,500 species of flowering plants in about 160 genera. Mints are important to humans as herb plants useful for flavor, fragrance, and medicinal properties. True mints have square stems, opposite, aromatic leaves, and small flowers usually of a pale purple, pink, or white color arranged in clusters, either forming separate whorls or crowded together in a terminal spike. All Mentha species contain volatile oil in resinous dots in the leaves and stems. Included in this genus are peppermint, spearmint, marjoram, rosemary, and thyme; other members of the mint family include lavender, hyssop, and catnip. In economics, a place where coins are made according to exact compositions, weights, and dimensions, usually specified by law. The first state mint was probably established by the Lydians in the 7th cent. BC. The art spread through the Aegean Islands into Italy and other Mediterranean countries, as well as to Persia and India. The Romans laid the foundations of modern minting standards. Coining originated independently in China in the 7th cent. BC and spread to Japan and Korea. In medieval Europe, mints proliferated as every feudal authority--kings, counts, bishops, and free cities--exercised the mint privilege; the wide variation in coinage that resulted often handicapped commerce. Most countries now operate only one mint, though the U.S. has two active mints, in Philadelphia and Denver. Proof sets of coins for coin collectors are minted in San Francisco. Countries not large or prosperous enough to establish a national mint have their coins struck in foreign mints. Many mints perform functions other than minting, notably refining precious metals and manufacturing medals and seals. See also currency, money.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 any aromatic plant of the genus Mentha. 2 a peppermint sweet or lozenge. Phrases and idioms: mint julep US a sweet iced alcoholic drink of bourbon flavoured with mint. mint sauce chopped mint in vinegar and sugar, usu. eaten with lamb. Derivatives: minty adj. (mintier, mintiest). Etymology: OE minte ult. f. L ment(h)a f. Gk minthe 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a place where money is coined, usu. under State authority. 2 a vast sum of money (making a mint). 3 a source of invention etc. (a mint of ideas). --v.tr. 1 make (coin) by stamping metal. 2 invent, coin (a word, phrase, etc.). Phrases and idioms: in mint condition (or state) freshly minted; (of books etc.) as new. mint-mark a mark on a coin to indicate the mint at which it was struck. mint-master the superintendent of coinage at a mint. mint par (in full mint parity) 1 the ratio between the gold equivalents of currency in two countries. 2 their rate of exchange based on this. Derivatives: mintage n. Etymology: OE mynet f. WG f. L moneta MONEY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mint Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.] [AS. mynetian.] 1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money. 2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted. --Bacon. Minting mill, a coining press.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mint Mint, n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mints, minting, minted) 1. Mint is a herb with fresh-tasting leaves. Garnish with mint sprigs. 2. A mint is a sweet with a peppermint flavour. Some people suck mints in order to make their breath smell fresher. N-COUNT 3. The mint is the place where the official coins of a country are made. In 1965 the mint stopped putting silver in dimes. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu the N 4. To mint coins or medals means to make them in a mint. ...the right to mint coins. VERB: V n 5. If you say that someone makes a mint, you mean that they make a very large amount of money. (INFORMAL) Everybody thinks I'm making a mint... = loads N-SING: usu a N 6. If you say that something is in mint condition, you mean that it is in perfect condition. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Gr. heduosmon, i.e., "having a sweet smell"), one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matt. 23:23; Luke 11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint, which grows much larger than the garden mint (M. sativa). It was much used in domestic economy as a condiment, and also as a medicine. The paying of tithes of mint was in accordance with the Mosiac law (Deut. 14:22), but the error of the Pharisees lay in their being more careful about this little matter of the mint than about weightier matters.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mint (heduosmon): Mentioned (Mt 23:23; Lu 11:42) as one of the small things which were tithed. The cultivated variety (Mentha piperita), "peppermint," was doubtless primarily intended, but the wild Mentha silvestris or horsemint, which flourishes all over the mountains of Palestine, is probably included.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Coin, stamp (as money). 2. Invent, forge, fabricate, fashion, produce.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Gold. A mint of money; common phrase for a large sum.

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