mountingn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)ɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English mowntyng, Middle English mowntynge, Middle English–1500s mountyng, 1500s– mounting, 1600s mountinge, 1800s– munting (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 montan, pre-1700 monteing, pre-1700 montine, pre-1700 montinge, pre-1700 1700s monting, pre-1700 1700s munting, pre-1700 1700s– mounting, 1700s manting, 1700s– muntin, 1800s– muntin', 1900s– m'untin'.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mount v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mount v. + -ing suffix¹.The Scots form montan may be due to the influence of or confusion with montan , montane mountain n.

1. The action of ascending (literal and figurative); the action of climbing on to something, spec. the action of climbing on to a mate for copulation. Also: the action of raising, preparing, or organizing something.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun]

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anabasis1706

upshift1839

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > action or fact of supporting > placing (a thing) on a support

mounting1440

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > elation

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upward1898

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse

onleaping1488

backing1607

mounting1816

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > production of performance

production1786

mounting1828

setting1885

routining1923

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 347 Mowntynge, or steynynge, ascensus.

a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Jyl of Breyntford's Test. (1871) 31 (MED) The leste fyngere on my honde Is more than he [sc. the penis], whan he dothe stonde..Sory mowntyng come there-on.

1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 17 To pas..to Glasgw, for the stokking, monting, drawing, and making of crane and wyndais for fourtene pecis of artalȝary.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 97^v In this speache, wee muste vnderstande there is a mountyng, called of the Grecians hyperbole.

?c1615 Chron. Kings of Scotl. (1830) 107 The Queine tuik gritt paynis to haue Bothwell most braw, bot thair wes small regaird had to the monting of the King..at sic ane soleame tyme.

1624 H. Wotton Elements 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.

1669 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 69 Ther punctuall attendance upon their respective capitanes for munting of the guaird.

1735 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 209 To a new velvet mothcloath [sic] viz. the fringe lining and silk and thread for munting of it.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) i. 3 Trances of thought and mountings of the mind Come fast upon me.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxv. 15 And there was mounting in hot haste.

1828 J. Ebers Seven Years 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.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 43 She undertakes the art of mounting, which she teaches with considerable success.

1880 Athenæum 6 Mar. 322 As regards mounting and general decorations the revival is superior to any previous performance of As You Like It.

1892 M. S. Monier-Williams Figure-Skating 8 The mounting of the blade and its attachment to the boot are important.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 27/2 The mounting of a crash programme for the development of compact and readily transportable atomic power plants.

1974 H. Waugh Parrish for Defence (1975) xliii. 200 It aroused him, and his second mounting was in the nature of an unbridled emotion.

1988 S. Afr. Panorama May 13/1 Overseas hunters pay R6 500 for the head-and-shoulder mounting of an elephant.

a. A thing serving as a mount, support, or setting to anything; = mount n.² 5.

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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports

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stabilimenta1398

upholder1398

sustentationa1400

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triclinec1440

sustentaclec1451

supportera1475

sustainerc1475

sustenal1483

stayc1515

buttress1535

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support1570

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comfort1577

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bench1850

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bolster-piece1860

sustainer1873

table mount1923

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > tipping, edging, or mounting

tippingc1325

purflec1400

jagging1502

mounture1575

mountinga1630

mount1739

scallopinga1800

horn-tip1808

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fan > hand-held or portable > stick(s) on which it is mounted

stake1640

stick1658

mounting1716

mount1735

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. i. 422 The Italians..excell in the Art of setting Jewells, and making Cabinetts, tables and mountings, of Christall, corall, Jasper, and other precious stones.

1716 J. Addison 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.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Mounting of a Fan, the Sticks which serve to open and shut it.

1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 160 Fig. 7. is the handle, or mounting of the largest scythe.

?1793 Catal. Optical Instruments (W. & S. Jones) i Reading and burning glasses, in various mountings.

1862 Catal. Special Exhib. S. Kensington No. 4731 –2 Leather patron, with steel mountings and cover, and ball bag attached. Seventeenth century.

1899 R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. vi. 196 Sheaths of bronze or wood with bronze mounting were used to protect the blades.

1914 C. 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.

1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 138/2 Flexible gear box rear mounting made gear lever vibrate considerably on rough ground.

1995 Guardian 13 Jan. 1/7 After taking the 1.7 tonne clock from its mounting, the opal glazing panels from each of the four faces were removed.

†b. The manner or position in which a thing is mounted. Obsolete. rare.

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1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 171 Gen. Then you maintain the Culvering to be more painfull and dangerous then the Cannon? Cap. I dare say it is: First in that his high mounting and the length of his neck..shall alwayes be discovered by the Artillery of the Enemy.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 70 In the Plaining of stuff, you must use Plains whose Irons have different Mountings.

†a. Military. Chiefly in plural. A soldier's outfit or kit. Also as half (also small) mounting in the same sense. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > equipment of a man or horse

attire1250

habiliment1490

mounting1699

kit1785

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mountings, a Soldier's Arms and Cloths.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3860/4 Deserted..John Hellier,..and John Brown,..with their whole Mounting, being Red lined with Yellow.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 136 They stood upon their Defence, having the Regiment Swords on,..but none of the Mounting or Cloathing.

1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures i. 21 Here our Regimentals and first Mountings were given us.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. sig. Qqq^v By a late regulation, dated April the 9th, 1800, in lieu of the small articles of clothing, which were annually given, by the colonels of regiments, to non-commissioned officers and private soldiers, and were called a small or half mounting, two pairs of good shoes..have been substituted.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Mountings (Mil.), the shirt, shoes, stock, and hose, or stockings, formerly furnished by the colonel or commandant of the corps every year.

b. Scottish. Equipment, gear, dress; esp. a trousseau. Now rare.

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1881 D. Thomson Musings 45 O' muntin' I hae plenty o't, O' claes I am na scant.

1885 in J. Beveridge Poets of Clackmannanshire 124 As soon as she gets through her thrang In gettin' a' her muntin' gathered.

a1903 J. Foster in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 179/1 A bride's muntin's. [Ayr.]

1928 H. W. Duncan in Sc. National Dict. at Munt The m'untin' maks the man.

4. Scottish. Decoration, trimmings; spec. hosiery that has been trimmed.

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1700 in Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1908) 308 For mounting to the drummers cloaths whilks were furnished in October, June and August last year.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 216 Muntin', a bundle of completed hosiery-work.

5. Building. An upright post or bar; = muntin n. See also mounting post n. at Compounds. Now rare.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of

pan1284

balka1300

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rib1378

montant1438

dormant?1454

transom1487

ground-pillar?a1500

barge-couple1562

spar foot1579

frankpost1587

tracing1601

sleeper1607

bressumer1611

master-beam1611

muntin1611

discharge1620

dormer1623

mounting post1629

tassel1632

baufrey1640

pier1663

storey post1663

breastplate?1667

mudsill1685

template1700

brow-post1706

brow-stone1761

runner1772

stretching beam1776

pole plate1787

sabliere1800

frame stud1803

bent1815

mounting1819

bond-timber1823

storey rod1823

wall-hold1833

wall-strap1833

truss-block1883

sleeper-beam1937

shell1952

1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. II. 165/1 The extreme parts of the frame..are called stiles, and the intermediate parts, mountings.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 160 Vertical pieces, that separate the panels [are denominated] mountings.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 184 The extreme parts of the frame..are called the stiles, and the intermediate ones..mountings.

6. Weaving. = harness n. 6.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > other parts

studdlelOE

staff1338

trendle14..

trindle1483

cylinder?a1560

harness1572

mail1731

mounture1731

leaf1807

march1807

dropbox1823

neck-twine1827

mounting1835

shaft1839

Jack1848

selvage-protector1863

serpent1878

take-up motiona1884

swell1894

1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 152 Making our mounting, tail and tapwark To operate weel.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1486/1 Mounting,..the harness tackle of a loom.

Compounds

mounting block n. a block of stone, etc., from which to mount a horse (used allusively in quot. 1749 to refer to sexual intercourse).

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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block

mounting place1490

riding block1570

block1614

mounting block1659

horsing stone1661

horsing-block1662

upping-stocka1697

joss-block1706

horse-block1713

mounting stone1794

upping-block1796

upping-stone1809

horse-steps1828

leaping-on-stone1837

stepping-stone1837

stirrup-stone1838

pillion stone1907

1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §ii, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A mounting block.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 24 One of her favourite girls,..whose business it was to prepare and break such young Fillies as I was to the mounting-block.

1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. 297 I smoked in the yard, seated on the old mounting-block by the gate.

1988 Horse & Rider June 44/4 Mounting blocks are considered old-fashioned but they are important for the horses if people are heaving themselves onto them.

mounting board n. a board on which to mount something; spec. the board or stiff card used to form the backing or the margin of a picture, drawing, etc.

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1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Mount (Mounting-board, Mounting-paper), the paper or cardboard upon which a drawing is placed.

1926 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 18 Mounting boards are made up of a wood pulp centre lined on one or both sides with paper.

1967 E. G. Loeber Suppl. Labarre's Dict. Paper 46/1 We can distinguish between two kinds of mounting boards: (1) The board upon which photos are mounted or pasted, (2) the board into which photographs or engravings are mounted, i.e. for display purposes e.g. when framed.

1990 Pract. Householder Apr. 14/2 Incorporate plywood mounting boards attached to the studs, to which you can fix basins, coathooks, shelves and other load-carrying fixtures.

mounting bracket n. a bracket on which to mount something.

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1941 Science 93 3 The mounting bracket is screwed to the back of the furnace.

1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 138/2 The mounting bracket for the accelerator linkage.

1990 Do It Yourself Apr. 17/1 The camera is..set up on the mounting bracket which can be tilted and swivelled to obtain the ideal viewing angle.

mounting paper n. stiff paper or card on which to mount a picture, drawing, etc.

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1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Mounted, secured to a mount. A term applied to a print or drawing fastened upon mounting-paper or card-board.

1935 Amer. Girl July 31 (advt.) The Memory Book includes 25 sheets of black mounting paper, as well as 26 sheets of white linen-finish paper.

1986 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 73 826 Use acid free paper, either mounting paper or white paper of a slightly lower weight.

mounting place n. a place upon or from which a person can mount (in various senses); spec. an elevated place from which to mount a horse.

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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block

mounting place1490

riding block1570

block1614

mounting block1659

horsing stone1661

horsing-block1662

upping-stocka1697

joss-block1706

horse-block1713

mounting stone1794

upping-block1796

upping-stone1809

horse-steps1828

leaping-on-stone1837

stepping-stone1837

stirrup-stone1838

pillion stone1907

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xix. 61 Theire coursers..were brought anone to the mountyng place before the halle.

1861 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 737/2 He scrambled and puffed through the snow till he found a mounting-place upon an unseen fence.

mounting point n. a point at which to attach a mounting.

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1948 Science 108 752 They will..attempt to equalize the air temperature..inside the mounting-point sockets with air about the outside edges.

1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 131/1 The mounting points for the sun visors..were metal and unguarded.

1992 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 37 671 Three sets of mounting points were drilled into intertidal substrate at each of two sampling locations.

† mounting post n. Building Obsolete rare = sense 5.

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1629 Accts. Masters of Wks. XXIII. f. 25^v vij great battis and tua virrellis to the mounting postis that caryis the tua globis and theanis.

mounting ring n. a ring or ring-like structure on which something, esp. an attachment to an apparatus, etc., is mounted or fitted.

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1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 186 A mounting-ring (Aufsatzring) to be firmly cemented to the egg-shell.

1944 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 292 Strange is the conversation to the uninitiated ear—Mounting rings..—Double engine changes—these are the phrases heard.

1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects vii. 358 The radome..can serve as a convenient mounting ring.

1992 Earth July 73 (advt.) Includes appealing features such as..tripod mounting ring and soft padded carrying bag.

mounting stone n. now rare a stone from which to mount a horse.

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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block

mounting place1490

riding block1570

block1614

mounting block1659

horsing stone1661

horsing-block1662

upping-stocka1697

joss-block1706

horse-block1713

mounting stone1794

upping-block1796

upping-stone1809

horse-steps1828

leaping-on-stone1837

stepping-stone1837

stirrup-stone1838

pillion stone1907

1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor I. vi. 41 Forgetting..that there was neither gate nor mounting stone to be seen, I alighted to recover my hat.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of 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.

1876 Appletons' Jrnl. June 812/2 He got on his horse at the old ‘mounting-stone’ in the Nook-yard.

mounting test n. a test of the absorptiveness of blotting paper.

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1937 E. 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.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

mountingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)ɪŋ/

Forms: see mount v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mount v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mount v. + -ing suffix².

a. Rising, ascending, soaring. (literal and figurative). Frequently in poetic collocation mounting lark (cf. mountain lark n., and etymological note at).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards

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risingc1450

ascensial?1504

mountant1525

mounting1550

orienta1560

ascendant1591

surgenta1592

stying1593

ambitiousc1595

arising1605

ascensive1646

subliming1666

ascending1667

ascensional1753

upmounting1794

rearing1816

upcoming1835

aspirant1845

insurrectionary1864

upgoing1896

1550 N. Udall tr. P. M. Vermigli Disc. Sacrament Lordes Supper sig. Aa3 For this is a table for mounting Eagles, and not for pratlying Iaies.

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. I.iii We flewe, my Guyde & I, with mowntyng flyght apace.

1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne sig. A.ij^v The mounting minde had rather sterue in need.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L6 With mery note her lowd salutes the mounting larke.

1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies i. ii. 13 I am no more affraid of flying Censures, Than Heav'n of being Fir'd with mounting Sparkles.

1709 A. Pope Winter in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 749 No more the mounting Larks, while Daphne sings, Shall list'ning in mid Air suspend their Wings.

1713 J. Gay Rural Sports 10 While with the mounting sun the meadow glows.

1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots v. vi. 116 Now sing a requiem To my mounting soul.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 153 Straining your eyes after the mounting lark.

1919 Outing Mar. 296/2 A narrow defile of jagged, bare palisades high above the mounting forest-smothered lane, seem almost to touch sides across the narrow gap.

1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) ii. xxxvii. 190 When the mounting water reached the roof garden it swirled, lifelike, between embankments thick with plants.

b. Heraldry. Of a beast of the chase or a reptile: standing on the left hind foot with the forefeet in the air. rare.

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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 175/2 He beareth Sable, a demy Ram mounting, Argent.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Mounting signifies the same spoken of beasts of chase, as rampant does of beasts of prey.

1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 229 Mounting, a term equivalent to rampant, applied to beasts of chase, and sometimes to reptiles.

†2. Amounting, cumulative. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > forming total

mountant1525

amounting?a1560

mounting?a1560

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xxiv. sig. Piij^v If ye square the perpendicular, the mounting summe will be [etc.].

3. Esp. of an emotion, sensation, sound, etc.: increasing in volume, pitch, or intensity.

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1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth ii. 222 What spirit heard That mounting cry which died upon a word.

1898 G. B. Shaw Candida i, in Plays II. 91 Burgess (severely, in spreading, mounting tones) Woy helse should I do it?

1929 E. O'Neill Lazarus Laughed iv. i. 132 I am sick, Lazarus, sick of cruelty..and all the imbecilities of pleasure—the unclean antics of half-witted children! (With a mounting agony of longing) I would be clean!

1954 W. Faulkner Fable 46 The division commander..read the title and then read it again in mounting exasperation.

1963 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 14/2 The hydra-headed challenge of London's mounting traffic congestion.

1991 J. Sayers Mothering Psychoanal. v. vii. 247 A baby whose feed is unavoidably delayed becomes so torn apart by crying that it cannot feed, so much has the breast seemingly become fragmented and bad with the baby's mounting frustration.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mounting
释义	mountingn. Brit. /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)ɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English mowntyng, Middle English mowntynge, Middle English–1500s mountyng, 1500s– mounting, 1600s mountinge, 1800s– munting (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 montan, pre-1700 monteing, pre-1700 montine, pre-1700 montinge, pre-1700 1700s monting, pre-1700 1700s munting, pre-1700 1700s– mounting, 1700s manting, 1700s– muntin, 1800s– muntin', 1900s– m'untin'. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mount v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mount v. + -ing suffix¹.The Scots form montan may be due to the influence of or confusion with montan , montane mountain n. 1. The action of ascending (literal and figurative); the action of climbing on to something, spec. the action of climbing on to a mate for copulation. Also: the action of raising, preparing, or organizing something. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] upgang971 styingc1200 astyingc1220 upstyinga1300 upcomingc1330 risinga1398 upraisingc1400 mounting1440 toweringc1440 lift1470 ascence1481 ascending1482 mount1486 upwith?1507 surrection1509 upgoing1555 rise1573 arise1590 ascension1598 uprest1602 transcendencea1616 ascent1616 mounture1631 resultancea1634 uprise1690 anabasis1706 upshift1839 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > action or fact of supporting > placing (a thing) on a support mounting1440 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > elation elatement1746 elation1750 elatedness1791 mountinga1807 upward1898 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse onleaping1488 backing1607 mounting1816 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > production of performance production1786 mounting1828 setting1885 routining1923 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 347 Mowntynge, or steynynge, ascensus. a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Jyl of Breyntford's Test. (1871) 31 (MED) The leste fyngere on my honde Is more than he [sc. the penis], whan he dothe stonde..Sory mowntyng come there-on. 1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 17 To pas..to Glasgw, for the stokking, monting, drawing, and making of crane and wyndais for fourtene pecis of artalȝary. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 97^v In this speache, wee muste vnderstande there is a mountyng, called of the Grecians hyperbole. ?c1615 Chron. Kings of Scotl. (1830) 107 The Queine tuik gritt paynis to haue Bothwell most braw, bot thair wes small regaird had to the monting of the King..at sic ane soleame tyme. 1624 H. Wotton Elements 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. 1669 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 69 Ther punctuall attendance upon their respective capitanes for munting of the guaird. 1735 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 209 To a new velvet mothcloath [sic] viz. the fringe lining and silk and thread for munting of it. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) i. 3 Trances of thought and mountings of the mind Come fast upon me. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxv. 15 And there was mounting in hot haste. 1828 J. Ebers Seven Years 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. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 43 She undertakes the art of mounting, which she teaches with considerable success. 1880 Athenæum 6 Mar. 322 As regards mounting and general decorations the revival is superior to any previous performance of As You Like It. 1892 M. S. Monier-Williams Figure-Skating 8 The mounting of the blade and its attachment to the boot are important. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 27/2 The mounting of a crash programme for the development of compact and readily transportable atomic power plants. 1974 H. Waugh Parrish for Defence (1975) xliii. 200 It aroused him, and his second mounting was in the nature of an unbridled emotion. 1988 S. Afr. Panorama May 13/1 Overseas hunters pay R6 500 for the head-and-shoulder mounting of an elephant. 2. a. A thing serving as a mount, support, or setting to anything; = mount n.² 5. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports staffc1000 hold1042 source1359 legc1380 shorer1393 stabilimenta1398 upholder1398 sustentationa1400 undersetterc1400 bearinga1425 undersettinga1425 suppowellc1430 triclinec1440 sustentaclec1451 supportera1475 sustainerc1475 sustenal1483 stayc1515 buttress1535 underpinning1538 firmament1554 countenance1565 support1570 appuia1573 comfort1577 hypostasis1577 underpropping1586 porter1591 supportation1593 supportance1597 understaya1603 bearer1607 rest1609 upsetter1628 mountinga1630 sustent1664 underlay1683 holdfast1706 abutment1727 suppeditor1728 mount1739 monture1746 bed1793 appoggiatura1833 bracing1849 bench1850 under-pinner1859 bolster-piece1860 sustainer1873 table mount1923 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > tipping, edging, or mounting tippingc1325 purflec1400 jagging1502 mounture1575 mountinga1630 mount1739 scallopinga1800 horn-tip1808 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fan > hand-held or portable > stick(s) on which it is mounted stake1640 stick1658 mounting1716 mount1735 a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. i. 422 The Italians..excell in the Art of setting Jewells, and making Cabinetts, tables and mountings, of Christall, corall, Jasper, and other precious stones. 1716 J. Addison 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. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Mounting of a Fan, the Sticks which serve to open and shut it. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 160 Fig. 7. is the handle, or mounting of the largest scythe. ?1793 Catal. Optical Instruments (W. & S. Jones) i Reading and burning glasses, in various mountings. 1862 Catal. Special Exhib. S. Kensington No. 4731 –2 Leather patron, with steel mountings and cover, and ball bag attached. Seventeenth century. 1899 R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. vi. 196 Sheaths of bronze or wood with bronze mounting were used to protect the blades. 1914 C. 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. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 138/2 Flexible gear box rear mounting made gear lever vibrate considerably on rough ground. 1995 Guardian 13 Jan. 1/7 After taking the 1.7 tonne clock from its mounting, the opal glazing panels from each of the four faces were removed. †b. The manner or position in which a thing is mounted. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 171 Gen. Then you maintain the Culvering to be more painfull and dangerous then the Cannon? Cap. I dare say it is: First in that his high mounting and the length of his neck..shall alwayes be discovered by the Artillery of the Enemy. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 70 In the Plaining of stuff, you must use Plains whose Irons have different Mountings. 3. †a. Military. Chiefly in plural. A soldier's outfit or kit. Also as half (also small) mounting in the same sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > equipment of a man or horse attire1250 habiliment1490 mounting1699 kit1785 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mountings, a Soldier's Arms and Cloths. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3860/4 Deserted..John Hellier,..and John Brown,..with their whole Mounting, being Red lined with Yellow. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 136 They stood upon their Defence, having the Regiment Swords on,..but none of the Mounting or Cloathing. 1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures i. 21 Here our Regimentals and first Mountings were given us. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. sig. Qqq^v By a late regulation, dated April the 9th, 1800, in lieu of the small articles of clothing, which were annually given, by the colonels of regiments, to non-commissioned officers and private soldiers, and were called a small or half mounting, two pairs of good shoes..have been substituted. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Mountings (Mil.), the shirt, shoes, stock, and hose, or stockings, formerly furnished by the colonel or commandant of the corps every year. b. Scottish. Equipment, gear, dress; esp. a trousseau. Now rare. ΚΠ 1881 D. Thomson Musings 45 O' muntin' I hae plenty o't, O' claes I am na scant. 1885 in J. Beveridge Poets of Clackmannanshire 124 As soon as she gets through her thrang In gettin' a' her muntin' gathered. a1903 J. Foster in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 179/1 A bride's muntin's. [Ayr.] 1928 H. W. Duncan in Sc. National Dict. at Munt The m'untin' maks the man. 4. Scottish. Decoration, trimmings; spec. hosiery that has been trimmed. ΚΠ 1700 in Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1908) 308 For mounting to the drummers cloaths whilks were furnished in October, June and August last year. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 216 Muntin', a bundle of completed hosiery-work. 5. Building. An upright post or bar; = muntin n. See also mounting post n. at Compounds. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of pan1284 balka1300 lacec1330 pautre1360 dorman1374 rib1378 montant1438 dormant?1454 transom1487 ground-pillar?a1500 barge-couple1562 spar foot1579 frankpost1587 tracing1601 sleeper1607 bressumer1611 master-beam1611 muntin1611 discharge1620 dormer1623 mounting post1629 tassel1632 baufrey1640 pier1663 storey post1663 breastplate?1667 mudsill1685 template1700 brow-post1706 brow-stone1761 runner1772 stretching beam1776 pole plate1787 sabliere1800 frame stud1803 bent1815 mounting1819 bond-timber1823 storey rod1823 wall-hold1833 wall-strap1833 truss-block1883 sleeper-beam1937 shell1952 1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. II. 165/1 The extreme parts of the frame..are called stiles, and the intermediate parts, mountings. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 160 Vertical pieces, that separate the panels [are denominated] mountings. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 184 The extreme parts of the frame..are called the stiles, and the intermediate ones..mountings. 6. Weaving. = harness n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > other parts studdlelOE staff1338 trendle14.. trindle1483 cylinder?a1560 harness1572 mail1731 mounture1731 leaf1807 march1807 dropbox1823 neck-twine1827 mounting1835 shaft1839 Jack1848 selvage-protector1863 serpent1878 take-up motiona1884 swell1894 1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 152 Making our mounting, tail and tapwark To operate weel. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1486/1 Mounting,..the harness tackle of a loom. Compounds mounting block n. a block of stone, etc., from which to mount a horse (used allusively in quot. 1749 to refer to sexual intercourse). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block mounting place1490 riding block1570 block1614 mounting block1659 horsing stone1661 horsing-block1662 upping-stocka1697 joss-block1706 horse-block1713 mounting stone1794 upping-block1796 upping-stone1809 horse-steps1828 leaping-on-stone1837 stepping-stone1837 stirrup-stone1838 pillion stone1907 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §ii, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A mounting block. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 24 One of her favourite girls,..whose business it was to prepare and break such young Fillies as I was to the mounting-block. 1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. 297 I smoked in the yard, seated on the old mounting-block by the gate. 1988 Horse & Rider June 44/4 Mounting blocks are considered old-fashioned but they are important for the horses if people are heaving themselves onto them. mounting board n. a board on which to mount something; spec. the board or stiff card used to form the backing or the margin of a picture, drawing, etc. ΚΠ 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Mount (Mounting-board, Mounting-paper), the paper or cardboard upon which a drawing is placed. 1926 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 18 Mounting boards are made up of a wood pulp centre lined on one or both sides with paper. 1967 E. G. Loeber Suppl. Labarre's Dict. Paper 46/1 We can distinguish between two kinds of mounting boards: (1) The board upon which photos are mounted or pasted, (2) the board into which photographs or engravings are mounted, i.e. for display purposes e.g. when framed. 1990 Pract. Householder Apr. 14/2 Incorporate plywood mounting boards attached to the studs, to which you can fix basins, coathooks, shelves and other load-carrying fixtures. mounting bracket n. a bracket on which to mount something. ΚΠ 1941 Science 93 3 The mounting bracket is screwed to the back of the furnace. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 138/2 The mounting bracket for the accelerator linkage. 1990 Do It Yourself Apr. 17/1 The camera is..set up on the mounting bracket which can be tilted and swivelled to obtain the ideal viewing angle. mounting paper n. stiff paper or card on which to mount a picture, drawing, etc. ΚΠ 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Mounted, secured to a mount. A term applied to a print or drawing fastened upon mounting-paper or card-board. 1935 Amer. Girl July 31 (advt.) The Memory Book includes 25 sheets of black mounting paper, as well as 26 sheets of white linen-finish paper. 1986 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 73 826 Use acid free paper, either mounting paper or white paper of a slightly lower weight. mounting place n. a place upon or from which a person can mount (in various senses); spec. an elevated place from which to mount a horse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block mounting place1490 riding block1570 block1614 mounting block1659 horsing stone1661 horsing-block1662 upping-stocka1697 joss-block1706 horse-block1713 mounting stone1794 upping-block1796 upping-stone1809 horse-steps1828 leaping-on-stone1837 stepping-stone1837 stirrup-stone1838 pillion stone1907 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xix. 61 Theire coursers..were brought anone to the mountyng place before the halle. 1861 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 737/2 He scrambled and puffed through the snow till he found a mounting-place upon an unseen fence. mounting point n. a point at which to attach a mounting. ΚΠ 1948 Science 108 752 They will..attempt to equalize the air temperature..inside the mounting-point sockets with air about the outside edges. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 131/1 The mounting points for the sun visors..were metal and unguarded. 1992 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 37 671 Three sets of mounting points were drilled into intertidal substrate at each of two sampling locations. † mounting post n. Building Obsolete rare = sense 5. ΚΠ 1629 Accts. Masters of Wks. XXIII. f. 25^v vij great battis and tua virrellis to the mounting postis that caryis the tua globis and theanis. mounting ring n. a ring or ring-like structure on which something, esp. an attachment to an apparatus, etc., is mounted or fitted. ΚΠ 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 186 A mounting-ring (Aufsatzring) to be firmly cemented to the egg-shell. 1944 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 292 Strange is the conversation to the uninitiated ear—Mounting rings..—Double engine changes—these are the phrases heard. 1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects vii. 358 The radome..can serve as a convenient mounting ring. 1992 Earth July 73 (advt.) Includes appealing features such as..tripod mounting ring and soft padded carrying bag. mounting stone n. now rare a stone from which to mount a horse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block mounting place1490 riding block1570 block1614 mounting block1659 horsing stone1661 horsing-block1662 upping-stocka1697 joss-block1706 horse-block1713 mounting stone1794 upping-block1796 upping-stone1809 horse-steps1828 leaping-on-stone1837 stepping-stone1837 stirrup-stone1838 pillion stone1907 1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor I. vi. 41 Forgetting..that there was neither gate nor mounting stone to be seen, I alighted to recover my hat. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of 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. 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. June 812/2 He got on his horse at the old ‘mounting-stone’ in the Nook-yard. mounting test n. a test of the absorptiveness of blotting paper. ΚΠ 1937 E. 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mountingadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)ɪŋ/ Forms: see mount v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mount v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < mount v. + -ing suffix². 1. a. Rising, ascending, soaring. (literal and figurative). Frequently in poetic collocation mounting lark (cf. mountain lark n., and etymological note at). 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 1550 N. Udall tr. P. M. Vermigli Disc. Sacrament Lordes Supper sig. Aa3 For this is a table for mounting Eagles, and not for pratlying Iaies. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. I.iii We flewe, my Guyde & I, with mowntyng flyght apace. 1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne sig. A.ij^v The mounting minde had rather sterue in need. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L6 With mery note her lowd salutes the mounting larke. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies i. ii. 13 I am no more affraid of flying Censures, Than Heav'n of being Fir'd with mounting Sparkles. 1709 A. Pope Winter in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 749 No more the mounting Larks, while Daphne sings, Shall list'ning in mid Air suspend their Wings. 1713 J. Gay Rural Sports 10 While with the mounting sun the meadow glows. 1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots v. vi. 116 Now sing a requiem To my mounting soul. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 153 Straining your eyes after the mounting lark. 1919 Outing Mar. 296/2 A narrow defile of jagged, bare palisades high above the mounting forest-smothered lane, seem almost to touch sides across the narrow gap. 1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) ii. xxxvii. 190 When the mounting water reached the roof garden it swirled, lifelike, between embankments thick with plants. b. Heraldry. Of a beast of the chase or a reptile: standing on the left hind foot with the forefeet in the air. rare. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 175/2 He beareth Sable, a demy Ram mounting, Argent. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Mounting signifies the same spoken of beasts of chase, as rampant does of beasts of prey. 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 229 Mounting, a term equivalent to rampant, applied to beasts of chase, and sometimes to reptiles. †2. Amounting, cumulative. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > forming total mountant1525 amounting?a1560 mounting?a1560 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xxiv. sig. Piij^v If ye square the perpendicular, the mounting summe will be [etc.]. 3. Esp. of an emotion, sensation, sound, etc.: increasing in volume, pitch, or intensity. ΚΠ 1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth ii. 222 What spirit heard That mounting cry which died upon a word. 1898 G. B. Shaw Candida i, in Plays II. 91 Burgess (severely, in spreading, mounting tones) Woy helse should I do it? 1929 E. O'Neill Lazarus Laughed iv. i. 132 I am sick, Lazarus, sick of cruelty..and all the imbecilities of pleasure—the unclean antics of half-witted children! (With a mounting agony of longing) I would be clean! 1954 W. Faulkner Fable 46 The division commander..read the title and then read it again in mounting exasperation. 1963 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 14/2 The hydra-headed challenge of London's mounting traffic congestion. 1991 J. Sayers Mothering Psychoanal. v. vii. 247 A baby whose feed is unavoidably delayed becomes so torn apart by crying that it cannot feed, so much has the breast seemingly become fragmented and bad with the baby's mounting frustration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440adj.1550
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