\Moun"tain\, n. [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne,
LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf.
montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st {Mount}.]
1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common
   level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock
   forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher
   than a hill; a mount.
2. pl. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the
   White Mountains.
3. A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk.
         I should have been a mountain of mummy. --Shak.
{The Mountain} (--La montagne) (French Hist.), a popular name
   given in 1793 to a party of extreme Jacobins in the
   National Convention, who occupied the highest rows of
   seats.

\Moun"tain\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
   living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
   among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
   mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
         The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
{Mountain antelope} (Zo["o]l.), the goral.
{Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
   (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red
   berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white,
   growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the
   {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree.
{Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
   transportation, used in measuring the heights of
   mountains.
{Mountain beaver} (Zo["o]l.), the sewellel.
{Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
{Mountain cat} (Zo["o]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}.
{Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
   generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
{Mountain cock} (Zo["o]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}.
{Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
   cork in its texture.
{Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}.
{Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
   {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which
   affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in
   medicine.
{Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often
   illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
{Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
   variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
   because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
   in tanning.
{Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
   fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}.
{Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
   {Fumitory}.
{Mountain goat}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Mazama}.
{Mountain green}. (Min.)
   (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
   (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
{Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
   Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
   It is found in the Northern United States.
{Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
   latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
   clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
   poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and
   {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}.
{Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
   leather in its texture.
{Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium}
   ({T. Alpinum}).
{Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
   strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
   standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}.
{Mountain linnet} (Zo["o]l.), the twite.
{Mountain magpie}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
   (b) The European gray shrike.
{Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}.
{Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
   occurring as an efflorescence.
{Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
   lime.
{Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}.
{Mountain ousel} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also
   {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}.
{Mountain pride}, or {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of
   Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched
   palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
   leaves.
{Mountain quail} (Zo["o]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
   pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
   plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
   chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
   and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
{Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in
   position and direction.
{Mountain rice}. (Bot.)
   (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
       in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
   (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}).
{Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
   flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
   alpina}).
{Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
   color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
{Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
   digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
   greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
   Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
{Mountain sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), the European tree sparrow.
{Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}.
{Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
   montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}.
{Mountain witch} (Zo["o]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of
   the genus {Geotrygon}.