monten.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɒnteɪ/,

/ˈmɒnti/, U.S.

/ˈmɑn(t)eɪ/,

/ˈmɑn(t)i/

Forms: 1800s monté, 1800s monti, 1800s monty, 1800s– monte. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish monte.

Etymology: < Spanish monte heap or stock of cards left after each player has his share (1734 or earlier), specific use of monte mount n.¹

Cards.

1. A gambling game similar to faro, played with a pack of forty-five (sometimes forty) cards.Chiefly in Spain, Spanish-speaking countries, and Spanish-influenced areas of the western United States.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte

monte1824

three-card monte1854

1824 J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico (1825) iii. 37 We found a numerous assembly of men gambling deeply, at a game called monte.

1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. ii. 26 I thought we should find a choice hotel, with a little monty or poker afterwards.

1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 144 He..was eight hundred [dollars] ahead once. But he played it off at monté.

1927 E. M. Rhodes Pasó por Aquí in Once in Saddle ii. 158 He dealt monte wisely but not too well.

1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. vii. 115 There were plenty of gambling games—poker the favorite, of course. But King Pedro and Monte also had their devotees.

1989 I. Frazier Great Plains iv. 48 Many also knew card games like monte, poker, and seven-up.

Categories »

2. three-card monte: see three adj. and n. Compounds 3b.

Compounds

C1.

monte blanket n.

ΚΠ

1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 78 His long and angular shadow fell across the monte blanket spread flat upon the ground.

monte card n.

ΚΠ

1853 Househ. Words 3 Dec. 324/1 Some gold and coin, as well as a pack of monte cards, lay strewn about upon the ground.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 356/3 ‘Spanish Monte Cards’, 48 cards in pack, assortment of black and colors.

monte dealer n.

ΚΠ

1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 240 La Tules..[is] now considered the most expert ‘monte dealer’ in all Santa Fé.

1997 B. Morrow Giovanni's Gift i. 64 Businessmen and monte dealers, prostitutes, couples in love..—she captured so many different people..in her shots.

monte game n.

ΚΠ

1893 Harper's Mag. Feb. 388/2 Our little waif who broke up the monte game at Ojo Caliente.

1932 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 19 425 The author reached San Antonio with a six-shooter and $3.25 and lost his money in a monte game.

monte operator n.

ΚΠ

1961 J. Scarne Compl. Guide to Gambling xix. 520 Countless Monte operators plied their trade on the steamboats of the Ohio and Mississippi..in the 1850s.

monte table n.

ΚΠ

1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. 86 [A priest] who is a constant and active attendant at a public monté table.

1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush 50 The furniture..consisted of..a tin stove, and two monte tables.

C2.

monte bank n. a table or a place where monte is played; (also) the game of monte; the money held by the banker in a game of monte.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte > table

monte bank1834

1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 138 I saw the men and women dancing waltzes..and in another room, I saw the monti-bank open.

a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 128 A background of mustangs, monte-banks, and lynch-law.

1939 T. King 21 Games to play for Money 27 To take its [sc. Faro's] place, Monte Bank has come into being.

1995 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 15 Jan. b1 She left the table with $700–enough to open a monte bank of her own.

monte-banker n. a person who plays monte.

ΚΠ

1855 F. S. Marryat Mountains & Molehills xiv. 267 I was soon asleep, notwithstanding..the clinkings of the monté-bankers, and the noise of the crowd below.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

monten.²

Brit.

/ˈmɒnti/, U.S.

/ˈmɑn(t)i/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish monte.

Etymology: < Spanish monte wooded tract, forest (1207), specific use of monte mount n.¹ Compare earlier montaña n.¹

In Spanish-speaking Central and South America, and the Spanish-influenced areas of the western United States: chaparral or scrub; an area of this; originally spec. (usually in form Monte) a chaparral region in the foothills of southern California. Also: a small wooded tract. Cf. montaña n.¹ 1.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > types of

ripplelOE

wildwooda1122

rough1332

firth?a1400

tod stripec1446

osiard1509

bush1523

bush-ground1523

fritha1552

island1638

oak landc1658

pinelandc1658

piney wood1666

broom-land1707

pine barrenc1721

pine savannah1735

savannah1735

thick woods1754

scrub-land1779

olive wood1783

primeval forest1789

open wood1790

strong woods1792

scrub1805

oak flata1816

sertão1816

sprout-land1824

flatwoods1841

bush-land1842

tall timber1845

amber forest1846

caatinga1846

mahogany scrub1846

bush-flat1847

myall country1847

national forest1848

selva1849

monte1851

virgin forest1851

bush-country1855

savannah forest1874

bush-range1879

bushveld1879

protection forest1889

mulga1896

wood-bush1896

shinnery1901

fringing forest1903

monsoon forest1903

rainforest1903

savannah woodland1903

thorn forest1903

tropical rainforest1903

gallery forest1920

cloud forest1922

rain jungle1945

mato1968

1851 in B. I. Hayes Pioneer Notes (1929) 79 An American coming from the Monte..had seen no person on that road.

1856 Publ. S. Calif. Hist. Soc. (1928–30) XIV. 107 Pablo got thrown off a horse out in the monte catching cattle.

1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 406/2 The montes of Uruguay are of no commercial value.

1933 J. A. Rockfellow Log Arizona Trail Blazer 35 This was because of the dense mesquite brush or ‘monte’ through which the road ran.

1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led vi. xix. 297 They promptly slashed out an emergency landing strip in the Monte.

1999 Encycl. Brit. Online (Version 99.1) at Argentina Southeast of the Andean region..scrub forests, called monte, and intervening grasslands spread across the Pampean Sierras.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Monten.³

Brit.

/ˈmɒnti/, U.S.

/ˈmɑn(t)i/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Monte.

Etymology: < Monte, short for the name of Monte Carlo (see Monte Carlo n.). Compare earlier Monte Carlo n.With the shortened form of the place name, compare the following:1928 P. de Ketchiva Confessions of Croupier xvi. 194 After her extraordinary luck at Monte,..she had lost all her winnings the following night at the Cannes Casino.

colloquial.

= Monte Carlo rally n. at Monte Carlo n. 1.

ΚΠ

1956 R. Baxter in M. Couper Rallying to Monte Carlo p. v ‘Doing the Monte’ is like being a dog owner. Once you start, it's difficult to stop.

1968 Autocar 25 Jan. 35/3 Driving genius helps, but Montes are finally won by masterly planning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1824

n.²1851

n.³1956

单词	monte
释义	monten.¹ Brit. /ˈmɒnteɪ/, /ˈmɒnti/, U.S. /ˈmɑn(t)eɪ/, /ˈmɑn(t)i/ Forms: 1800s monté, 1800s monti, 1800s monty, 1800s– monte. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish monte. Etymology: < Spanish monte heap or stock of cards left after each player has his share (1734 or earlier), specific use of monte mount n.¹ Cards. 1. A gambling game similar to faro, played with a pack of forty-five (sometimes forty) cards.Chiefly in Spain, Spanish-speaking countries, and Spanish-influenced areas of the western United States. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte monte1824 three-card monte1854 1824 J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico (1825) iii. 37 We found a numerous assembly of men gambling deeply, at a game called monte. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. ii. 26 I thought we should find a choice hotel, with a little monty or poker afterwards. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 144 He..was eight hundred [dollars] ahead once. But he played it off at monté. 1927 E. M. Rhodes Pasó por Aquí in Once in Saddle ii. 158 He dealt monte wisely but not too well. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. vii. 115 There were plenty of gambling games—poker the favorite, of course. But King Pedro and Monte also had their devotees. 1989 I. Frazier Great Plains iv. 48 Many also knew card games like monte, poker, and seven-up. Categories » 2. three-card monte: see three adj. and n. Compounds 3b. Compounds C1. monte blanket n. ΚΠ 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 78 His long and angular shadow fell across the monte blanket spread flat upon the ground. monte card n. ΚΠ 1853 Househ. Words 3 Dec. 324/1 Some gold and coin, as well as a pack of monte cards, lay strewn about upon the ground. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 356/3 ‘Spanish Monte Cards’, 48 cards in pack, assortment of black and colors. monte dealer n. ΚΠ 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 240 La Tules..[is] now considered the most expert ‘monte dealer’ in all Santa Fé. 1997 B. Morrow Giovanni's Gift i. 64 Businessmen and monte dealers, prostitutes, couples in love..—she captured so many different people..in her shots. monte game n. ΚΠ 1893 Harper's Mag. Feb. 388/2 Our little waif who broke up the monte game at Ojo Caliente. 1932 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 19 425 The author reached San Antonio with a six-shooter and $3.25 and lost his money in a monte game. monte operator n. ΚΠ 1961 J. Scarne Compl. Guide to Gambling xix. 520 Countless Monte operators plied their trade on the steamboats of the Ohio and Mississippi..in the 1850s. monte table n. ΚΠ 1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. 86 [A priest] who is a constant and active attendant at a public monté table. 1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush 50 The furniture..consisted of..a tin stove, and two monte tables. C2. monte bank n. a table or a place where monte is played; (also) the game of monte; the money held by the banker in a game of monte. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte > table monte bank1834 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 138 I saw the men and women dancing waltzes..and in another room, I saw the monti-bank open. a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 128 A background of mustangs, monte-banks, and lynch-law. 1939 T. King 21 Games to play for Money 27 To take its [sc. Faro's] place, Monte Bank has come into being. 1995 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 15 Jan. b1 She left the table with $700–enough to open a monte bank of her own. monte-banker n. a person who plays monte. ΚΠ 1855 F. S. Marryat Mountains & Molehills xiv. 267 I was soon asleep, notwithstanding..the clinkings of the monté-bankers, and the noise of the crowd below. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). monten.² Brit. /ˈmɒnti/, U.S. /ˈmɑn(t)i/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish monte. Etymology: < Spanish monte wooded tract, forest (1207), specific use of monte mount n.¹ Compare earlier montaña n.¹ In Spanish-speaking Central and South America, and the Spanish-influenced areas of the western United States: chaparral or scrub; an area of this; originally spec. (usually in form Monte) a chaparral region in the foothills of southern California. Also: a small wooded tract. Cf. montaña n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > types of ripplelOE wildwooda1122 rough1332 firth?a1400 tod stripec1446 osiard1509 bush1523 bush-ground1523 fritha1552 island1638 oak landc1658 pinelandc1658 piney wood1666 broom-land1707 pine barrenc1721 pine savannah1735 savannah1735 thick woods1754 scrub-land1779 olive wood1783 primeval forest1789 open wood1790 strong woods1792 scrub1805 oak flata1816 sertão1816 sprout-land1824 flatwoods1841 bush-land1842 tall timber1845 amber forest1846 caatinga1846 mahogany scrub1846 bush-flat1847 myall country1847 national forest1848 selva1849 monte1851 virgin forest1851 bush-country1855 savannah forest1874 bush-range1879 bushveld1879 protection forest1889 mulga1896 wood-bush1896 shinnery1901 fringing forest1903 monsoon forest1903 rainforest1903 savannah woodland1903 thorn forest1903 tropical rainforest1903 gallery forest1920 cloud forest1922 rain jungle1945 mato1968 1851 in B. I. Hayes Pioneer Notes (1929) 79 An American coming from the Monte..had seen no person on that road. 1856 Publ. S. Calif. Hist. Soc. (1928–30) XIV. 107 Pablo got thrown off a horse out in the monte catching cattle. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 406/2 The montes of Uruguay are of no commercial value. 1933 J. A. Rockfellow Log Arizona Trail Blazer 35 This was because of the dense mesquite brush or ‘monte’ through which the road ran. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led vi. xix. 297 They promptly slashed out an emergency landing strip in the Monte. 1999 Encycl. Brit. Online (Version 99.1) at Argentina Southeast of the Andean region..scrub forests, called monte, and intervening grasslands spread across the Pampean Sierras. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Monten.³ Brit. /ˈmɒnti/, U.S. /ˈmɑn(t)i/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Monte. Etymology: < Monte, short for the name of Monte Carlo (see Monte Carlo n.). Compare earlier Monte Carlo n.With the shortened form of the place name, compare the following:1928 P. de Ketchiva Confessions of Croupier xvi. 194 After her extraordinary luck at Monte,..she had lost all her winnings the following night at the Cannes Casino. colloquial. = Monte Carlo rally n. at Monte Carlo n. 1. ΚΠ 1956 R. Baxter in M. Couper Rallying to Monte Carlo p. v ‘Doing the Monte’ is like being a dog owner. Once you start, it's difficult to stop. 1968 Autocar 25 Jan. 35/3 Driving genius helps, but Montes are finally won by masterly planning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1824n.²1851n.³1956
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