单词 | mountant |
释义 | † mountantn.1adj. Obsolete. A. n.1 Astrology. = ascendant n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > ascendant ascendantc1386 horoscopec1400 mountanta1500 significator1593 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 112 (MED) Stable þou þe mountant, or þe vpspryngand, yn þe tokenynge of þe Lyon..And stable with þe mountant, or þe hous of þe mountant, yn þe house of Marz. B. adj. Mounting, rising. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards uprisinga1300 risingc1450 ascensial?1504 mountant1525 mounting1550 orienta1560 ascendant1591 surgenta1592 stying1593 ambitiousc1595 arising1605 ascensive1646 subliming1666 ascending1667 ascensional1753 upmounting1794 rearing1816 upcoming1835 aspirant1845 insurrectionary1864 upgoing1896 the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > forming total mountant1525 amounting?a1560 mounting?a1560 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. 658 They caused him to have, in ready money, mountante to the somme of thyrty thousande pounds. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 136 Hold vp you Sluts Your Aprons mountant; you are not Othable, Although I know you'l sweare. View more context for this quotation a1628 C. Brooke Poems (1872) 222 That fyre shall make hym mountant, and aspire A radiant light. 1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment iv. 51 You give for your Coat Argent, a Polecat Mountant Azure, a Bar direct between Culters pendant Sables. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. lxiii. 48 Tumblers..mountant from the scaffold's planks, Kick with their whirling heels the clouds on high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). mountantn.2 1. Photography. An adhesive used for mounting photographs for display. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > mounting equipment mountant1886 tacking iron1973 1886 Queen 80 538 Several mountants are daily employed, such as common glue, gum, and clear starch paste. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 956 Any gelatine mountant. 1900 Amateur Photographer 31 Aug. 173/2 (heading) A cheap mountant. 1973 D. A. Spencer Focal Dict. Photogr. Technol. 396 Dextrin, starch paste, gelatin, rubber solution and dry mounting tissues are typical photographic mountants. 2. Chiefly Biology. A transparent substance in which a slide-mounted specimen or section is immersed or embedded for microscopic examination, esp. (for permanent mounts) one that is applied as a liquid which subsequently solidifies. ΚΠ 1911 New Phytologist 10 105 Professor Nathorst..brought to my notice a method of sealing up slides in which glycerine was used as the mountant. 1921 C. A. Ealand Romance of Microscope xxii. 301 In a few days the mountant will set, and we need take no further precautions with the slides in which Balsam was used. 1970 Watsonia 8 14 The aluminium stub, covered with the appropriate mountant, was inverted and pressed gently on to the spore-mass. 1993 Freshwater Biol. 29 37 This difference is largely attributable to the mountant we used during identification. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1adj.a1500n.21886 |
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