[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gun \gun\ gu^n, n. oe. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
   cf. ir., gael.,  ll. gunna, w. gum; possibly like cannon
   fr. l. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. of. mangonnel, e.
   mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.
   1. a weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
      any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
      consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
      the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge such
      as guncotton or gunpowder behind, which is ignited by
      various means. pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
      fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
      called small arms. larger guns are called cannon,
      ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
      see these terms in the vocabulary.
      1913 webster

            as swift as a pellet out of a gunne
            when fire is in the powder runne.     --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the word gun was in use in england for an engine to
            cast a thing from a man long before there was any
            gunpowder found out.                  --selden.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. a piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
      cannon.
      1913 webster

   3. pl. naut. violent blasts of wind.
      1913 webster

   note: guns are classified, according to their construction or
         manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
         breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
         built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
         mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
         1913 webster

   armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
      after its english inventor, sir william armstrong.

   big gun or great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
      fig., a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
      guns to tackle the problem.

   gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.

   gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
      moved.

   gun cotton chem., a general name for a series of
      explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
      cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. although there are
      formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
      results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. it
      burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
      and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
      specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
      insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
      highest pyroxylin which is soluble. see pyroxylin, and
      cf. xyloidin. the gun cottons are used for blasting and
      somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
      with camphor; and the soluble variety pyroxylin for
      making collodion. see celluloid, and collodion. gun
      cotton is frequenty but improperly called
      nitrocellulose. it is not a nitro compound, but an ester
      of nitric acid.

   gun deck. see under deck.

   gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
      is fired.

   gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
      copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. the name is
      also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.

   gun port naut., an opening in a ship through which a
      cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.

   gun tackle naut., the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
      side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
      the gun port.

   gun tackle purchase naut., a tackle composed of two
      single blocks and a fall. --totten.

   krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
      after its german inventor, herr krupp.

   machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
      mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
      reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
      gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. in earlier
      models, such as the gatling gun, the cartridges were
      loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. in modern
      versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
      levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
      bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
      several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
      weapons, with accurate aim. the gatling gun, gardner
      gun, hotchkiss gun, and nordenfelt gun, named for
      their inventors, and the french mitrailleuse, are
      machine guns.

   to blow great guns naut., to blow a gale. see gun, n.,
      3.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
small arms cannon ordnance fieldpieces carronades howitzers 
rifled smoothbore breech-loading muzzle-loading cast 
built-up guns field mountain prairie seacoast 
siege guns armstrong gun big gun great gun gun barrel 
gun carriage gun cotton pyroxylin xyloidin celluloid 
collodion nitrocellulose gun deck deck gun fire 
gun metal gun port gun tackle gun tackle purchase krupp gun 
machine gun gatling gun gardner gun hotchkiss gun nordenfelt gun 
mitrailleuse to blow great guns gun 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mountain \moun"tain\ moun"ti^n, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
      1913 webster

            the high, the mountain majesty of worth. --byron.
      1913 webster

   mountain antelope zool., the goral.

   mountain ash bot., an ornamental tree, the pyrus
      americana or 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 pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.

   mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
      transportation, used in measuring the heights of
      mountains.

   mountain beaver zool., the sewellel.

   mountain blue min., blue carbonate of copper; azurite.

   mountain cat zool., the catamount. see catamount.

   mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
      generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.

   mountain cock zool., 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 simaruba 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. zool. 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
      trifolium 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 zool., the twite.

   mountain magpie. zool.
      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 zool., 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 zool., 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 zool., 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 zool., a ground pigeon of jamaica, of the
      genus geotrygon.
      1913 webster
see also:
mountain antelope mountain ash pyrus americana sorbus americana pyrus aucuparia mountain barometer 
mountain beaver mountain blue mountain cat catamount mountain chain 
mountain cock capercailzie mountain cork mountain crystal crystal 
mountain damson simaruba simaruba amarga mountain dew mountain ebony 
bauhinia variegata mountain flax amianthus mountain fringe fumitory 
mountain goat mazama mountain green green earth green 
mountain holly nemopanthes canadensis mountain laurel kalmia latifolia american laurel 
ivy bush calico bush kalmia mountain leather mountain licorice 
trifolium trifolium alpinum mountain limestone geology mountain linnet 
mountain magpie mountain mahogany mahogany mountain meal mountain milk 
mountain mint mint mountain ousel mountain thrush mountain colley 
ousel mountain pride spathelia simplex mountain quail oreortyx pictus 
mountain range mountain rice oryzopsis mountain rose rosa alpina 
mountain soap mountain sorrel oxyria digyna mountain sparrow mountain spinach 
orach mountain tobacco arnica montana leopard's bane mountain witch 
geotrygon 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mountain \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.
      1913 webster

   2. pl. a range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the
      white mountains.
      1913 webster

   3. a mountainlike mass; something of great bulk; a large
      quantity.
      1913 webster

            i should have been a mountain of mummy. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
mount the mountain 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

mountain
     adj : relating to or located in mountains; "mountain people" syn:
            mountaina
     n 1: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings;
          higher than a hill syn: mount
     2: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she
        amassed a mountain of newspapers" syn: tons, dozens,
        heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts,
         slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
see also:
mountaina mount tons dozens heaps lots 
piles scores stacks loads rafts 
slews wads oodles gobs scads 
lashings 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

134 moby thesaurus words for "mountain":
   everest, olympus, abundance, accumulation, acres, alp, bags, bald,
   bank, bar, barrel, barrels, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob,
   bluff, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl,
   bushel, butte, button, cahot, chine, clump, condyle, convex,
   copiousness, countlessness, dome, dowel, drift, ear, elevation,
   eminence, fell, flange, flap, flood, gall, gnarl, great deal,
   handle, heap, heaps, height, hill, hump, hunch, impediment, jog,
   joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, load, lofty mountains, loop,
   lot, lump, mass, mesa, mole, mound, mount, much, multitude, nevus,
   nub, nubbin, nubble, numerousness, obstruction, ocean, oceans,
   papilloma, peak, peck, peg, pile, piles, plenitude, plenty,
   profusion, prominence, pyramid, quantities, quantity, rib, ridge,
   ring, rub, sea, shock, shoulder, sierra, sight, snag, spate, spine,
   stack, stacks, stud, stumbling block, style, summit,
   superabundance, superfluity, tab, the wooded mountains, tons, tor,
   towering alps, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, volcano,
   volume, wale, wart, welt, world, worlds

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

mountain, nd city, fips 54740
  location: 48.68345 n, 97.86340 w
  population 1990: 134 57 housing units
  area: 0.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 58262
mountain, wi
  zip codes: 54149

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

mountain, nd -- u.s. city in north dakota
   population 2000:    133
   housing units 2000: 55
   land area 2000:     0.135931 sq. miles 0.352060 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.135931 sq. miles 0.352060 sq. km
   fips code:            54740
   located within:       north dakota nd, fips 38
   location:             48.683995 n, 97.864952 w
   zip codes 1990:     58262
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    mountain, nd
    mountain

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