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   Mint (mĭnt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. μίνθα, μίνθη.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
   
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   ☞ Corn mint is Mentha arvensis. -- Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects. -- Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America. -- Peppermint is Mentha piperita. -- Spearmint is Mentha viridis. -- Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
   
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   Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol. -- Mint julep. See Julep. -- Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
   
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   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.
   
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   2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
   
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   A mint of phrases in his brain. Shak.
   
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   3. Specifically: A large quantity of money; as, “to make a mint in stock trading”.
   
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   Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.] [AS. mynetian.]
   
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   1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
   
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   2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
   
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   Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted. Bacon.
   
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   Minting mill, a coining press.
   
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   mint, a. Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint1; as, “he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition”.
   
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   2. Specifically: (Numismatics) Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint1.
   
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