Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mint"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Mint
(Gr. heduosmon, i.e., "having a sweet smell"), one of the garden
herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matt. 23:23; Luke
11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species
most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint,
which grows much larger than the garden mint (M. sativa). It was
much used in domestic economy as a condiment, and also as a
medicine. The paying of tithes of mint was in accordance with
the Mosiac law (Deut. 14:22), but the error of the Pharisees lay
in their being more careful about this little matter of the mint
than about weightier matters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mint \Mint\, n. [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint,
coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome
money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS.
manian, and to E. mind. See {Mind}, and cf. {Money},
{Monition}.]
1. A place where money is coined by public authority.
2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply;
the supply itself.
A mint of phrases in his brain. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mint \Mint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Minting}.] [AS. mynetian.]
1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp
into money.
2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily
minted. --Bacon.
{Minting mill}, a coining press.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mint \Mint\, n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus {Mentha}, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
distillation. See {Mentha}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mint
adj : as if new; "in mint condition" [syn: {mint(a)}]
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
{mickle}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
2: any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic
leaves and small mauve flowers
3: the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
4: a candy that is flavored with a mint oil [syn: {mint candy}]
5: a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
v : form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
"strike a medal" [syn: {coin}, {strike}]
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