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† ˈmountance Obs.
Forms: 3–4 mountaunce, 4 -touns, 4–5 mo(u)ntance, 5 mountans(e), mowntans, -ance, -aunse.
[a. OF. montance, f. monter to rise: see mount v. and -ance.]
Amount, value.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 384/280 Þe sike Men alle..leiȝen þare..þe mountaunce of half a tide. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5768 And withholde þerof no þyng, Þe mountouns of a ferþyng. c1386Chaucer Manciple's T. 151 Noght worth to thee in comparison The montance of a gnat. c1485E.E. Misc. (Warton Club) 85 Salle-peter the mowntance of the ȝolke of an egge. |