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▪ I. mounting, vbl. n.|ˈmaʊntɪŋ|
[f. mount v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the verb mount in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 347/1 Mowntynge, or steynynge (sic, S. styynge), ascensus. 1515Acc. Ld. Treas. Scotl. V. 17 To pas..to Glasgw, for the stokking, monting, drawing, and making of crane and wyndais for fourtene pecis of artalȝary. 1624Wotton Archit. ii. 109 From this [terrace] the Beholder descending many steps, was afterwards conueyed againe, by seuerall mountings and valings, to various entertainements of his sent, and sight. 1805Wordsw. Prelude i. 19 Trances of thought and mountings of the mind Come fast upon me. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. xxv, And there was mounting in hot haste. 1828J. Ebers Seven Yrs. King's Theatre xii. 331 The mounting of this, the first performance of the season, afforded me an illustration of the obliging disposition of Madame Biagioli. 1846Swell's Night Guide 43 She undertakes the art of mounting, which she teaches with considerable success. 1880Athenæum 6 Mar. 322 As regards mounting and general decorations the revival is superior to any previous performance of As You Like It. 1892Monier-Williams, etc. Figure-Skating 8 The mounting of the blade and its attachment to the boot are important. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 27/2 Twenty per cent. of the current United States military budget is to be allocated to economic aid and industrial development of the underdeveloped countries, including the mounting of a crash programme for the development of compact and readily transportable atomic power plants. 1962Listener 14 June 1016/2 Ministers of Defence connived at the mounting of an abusive legal action which again jeopardized the journal's financial stability. 1974H. Waugh Parrish for Defence (1975) xliii. 200 It aroused him, and his second mounting was in the nature of an unbridled emotion.
b. attrib., as mounting-block, a block of stone from which to mount on horseback. Similarly mounting-place, mounting-stone. Also mounting board, mounting bracket, mounting point, mounting ring, mounting test.
c1489Caxton Blanchardyn xix. 61 Theire coursers..were brought anone to the mountyng place before the halle. 1659Howell Vocab. ii, A mounting block. 1854Fairholt Dict. Terms Art, Mount (Mounting-board, Mounting-paper), the paper or cardboard upon which a drawing is placed. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 334 To cross [this bridge] on foot..appears to be the custom among the natives, from the mounting stones which are placed at either end. 1899Somerville & Ross Irish R. M. 297, I smoked in the yard, seated on the old mounting-block by the gate. 1926Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 18 Mounting boards are made up of a wood pulp centre lined on one or both sides with paper. 1937E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper 177/1 Mounting test, a method of testing the absorbing power of blotting paper by allowing the ink or water to ‘mount’ up a strip of blotting, the ‘weight test’ determining the weight of liquid absorbed. 1944R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 292 Strange is the conversation to the uninitiated ear—Mounting rings..—Double engine changes—these are the phrases heard. 1962Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 131/1 The mounting points for the sun visors..were metal and unguarded. Ibid. 138/2 The mounting bracket for the accelerator linkage. Ibid. 143/1 Safety belt mounting points..are now fitted as standard equipment.
c. The angle at which the iron of a plane is set.
1678Moxon Mech. Exerc. iv. 70.
2. concr.
a. Something that serves as a mount, support, or setting to anything.
c1618Moryson Itin. iv. (1903) 422 The Italians..excell in the Art of setting Jewells, and making Cabinetts, tables and mountings, of Christall, corall, Jasper, and other precious stones. 1716Addison Freeholder No. 15 ⁋5 Another..has filled her Fan with the Figure of a huge taudry Woman... The following Designs are already executed on several Mountings. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Mounting of a fan, the sticks which serve to open and shut it. 1763Museum Rust. I. 160, Fig. 7. is the handle, or mounting of the largest scythe. 1767Fergusson Dict. Terms Small Sword 12 Hilt, the head or mounting of a sword. 1793W. & S. Jones Catal. Optical, etc. Instr. i. Reading and burning glasses, in various mountings. 1899R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. vi. 196 Sheaths of bronze or wood with bronze mounting were used to protect the blades. 1914C. F. Tweney Dict. Naval & Mil. Terms 157 Mountings, a term applied to the platforms on which heavy naval guns and guns of position for fortresses are mounted. 1962Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 138/2 Flexible gear box rear mounting made gear lever vibrate considerably on rough ground. Ibid. 139/2 Fuel pump mounting [was] slightly insecure. Ibid., Central mounting of exhaust system failed.
†b. sing. and pl. Mil. A soldier's outfit or ‘kit’; also, in narrower sense, ‘The shirt, shoes, stock, and hose, or stockings, formerly furnished by the colonel or commandant of the corps every year’ (Crabb). Also, half mounting or small mounting in the same sense (C. James Milit. Dict. 1802). Obs.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Mountings, a Soldier's Arms and Cloths. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3860/4 Deserted..John Hellier,..and John Brown,..with their whole Mounting, being Red lined with Yellow. 1722De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 115 They stood upon their defence, having the regiment sword on,..but none of the mounting or clothing.
c. ‘That which is or may be mounted for use or ornament’ (Cent. Dict.).
3. = harness n. 6 (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875).
4. Used for muntin.
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 160 Vertical pieces, that separate the panels [are denominated] mountings. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 184 The extreme parts of the frame..are called the stiles, and the intermediate ones..mountings.
▪ II. ˈmounting, ppl. a.
[f. mount v. + -ing2.]
1. Rising, ascending, soaring. lit. and fig.
1563B. Googe Cupido 230 in Eglogs, etc. (Arb.) 113 We flewe, my Guyde and I, with mowntyng flyght apace. 1577Whetstone Gascoigne (Arb.) 18 The mounting minde had rather sterue in need. [Cf. Shakes. L.L.L. iv. i. 4.] 1590Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 51 With mery note her lowd salutes the mounting larke. 1664Dryden Rival Ladies i. ii, I am no more afraid of flying Censures, Than Heav'n of being fir'd with mounting Sparkles. 1720Gay Rur. Sports 45 While with the mounting sun the meadow glows. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede vii, Straining your eyes after the mounting lark.
†b. Her. (see quot. 1731). Obs. rare.
1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 175/2 He beareth Sable, a demy Ram mounting, Argent. 1731Bailey (vol. II.), Mounting signifies the same spoken of beasts of chase, as rampant does of beasts of prey.
†2. Amounting, resulting. Obs.
1571Digges Pantom. ii. xxiv. P iij b, If ye square the perpendicular, the mounting summe will be [etc.].
Hence ˈmountingly adv., so as to rise high.
a1640Massinger, etc., Old Law ii. i, I..leapt for joy So mountingly I touchd the stars me thought. |