Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MON'EY-BOX, n.

A box or till to hold money.

MON'EY-BROK'ER, n.

A broker who deals in money. Johnson.

MON'EY-CHANG'ER, n.

A broker who deals in money or exchanges. Arbuthnot.

MON'EY-ED, a.

1. Rich in money; having money; able to command money; used often in opposition to such an have their wealth in real estate. Invite moneyed men to lend to the merchants. Bacon.
2. Consisting in money; as, moneyed capital. Hamilton's Report.

MON'EY-ER, n.

1. A banker; one who deals in money.
2. A coiner of money. [Little used in either sense.]

MON'EY-LEND'ER, n.

One who lends money.

MON'EY-LESS, a.

Destitute of money; pennyless. Swift.

MON'EY-MAT-TER, n.

An account consisting of charges of money; an account between debtor and creditor. Arbuthnot.

MON'EY-SCRIV'EN-ER, n.

A person who raises money for others. Arbuthnot.

MON'EY-SPIN-NER, n.

A small spider.

MON'EY'S-WORTH, n.

1. Something that will bring money.
2. Full value; the worth of a thing in money.

MON'EY-WORT, n.

A plant of the genus Nummularia or of the genus Lysimachia.

MONG-CORN, n. [among and corn.]

Mixed corn. [Local.]

MON'GER, n. [Sax. mangere, from mangian, to trade, D. manger.]

A trader; a dealer; now used only or chiefly in composition; as, fish-monger, iron-monger, news-monger, cheese-monger.

MON'GREL, a. [from Sax. mengan, to mix. See Mingle.]

Of a mixed breed; of different kinds. Swift.

MON'GREL, n.

An animal of a mixed breed.

MO-NIL'I-FORM, a. [L. monile, a necklace, and form.]

Like a necklace. Encyc.

MON'I-MENT, n. [L. monimentum, from moneo, to admonish.]

1. An inscription; something to preserve memory. [Obs.]
2. A mark; an image; a superscription. Spenser.

MON'ISH, v.t.

To admonish; to warn. [Not used.] [See Admonish.]

MON'ISH-ER, n.

An admonisher, – which see.

MON'ISH-MENT, n.

Admonition. [Obs.]

MO-NI'TION, n. [Fr. from L. monitio.]

1. Warning; instruction given by way of caution; as, the monitions of a friend. Swift.
2. Information; indication. We have no visible monitions of other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.

MON'I-TIVE, a.

Admonitory; conveying admonition. Barrow.

MON-I-TOR, n. [L.]

1. One who warns of faults or informs of duty; one who gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon.
2. In schools, a person authorized to look to the scholars in the absence of the instructor, or to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
3. In zoology, a genus of lizards inhabiting the warmer parts of the eastern continent.

MON-I-TOR-I-AL, a.

1. Pertaining to a monitor.
2. Containing admonition.
3. Conducting or teaching by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial system..
4. Communicated by monitors; as, monitorial instruction.