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A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably
above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high
hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper
name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry. |
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A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. |
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A bank; a fund. |
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To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to
tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. |
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To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold;
especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. |
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To attain in value; to amount. |
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To get upon; to ascend; to climb. |
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To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or
anything that one sits upon; to bestride. |
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To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with
animals for riding; to furnish with horses. |
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Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for
use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to
prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a
sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc. |
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To raise aloft; to lift on high. |
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That upon which a person or thing is mounted |
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A horse. |
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The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or
the like is mounted; a mounting. |
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