n. | 1. | (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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1. | A place where money is coined by public authority. | ||||||||||
2. | Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. | ||||||||||
3. | A large quantity of money; | ||||||||||
v. t. | 1. | ||||||||||
1. | To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money. | ||||||||||
2. | To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
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a. | 1. | Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint{1}; | |||||||||
2. | (Numismatics) Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{1}. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | mint - any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers | |
3. | mint - the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied | |
4. | ![]() Synonyms: mint candy | |
5. | mint - a plant where money is coined by authority of the government | |
Verb | 1. | mint - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" |
Adj. | 1. | mint - as if new; "in mint condition" |
MINT. The place designated by law, where money is coined by authority of the
government of the United States.
2. The mint was established by the Act of April 2, 1792, 1 Story's L.
U. S. 227, and located at Philadelphia, where, by virtue of sundry acts of
congress, it still remains. Act of April 24, 1800, 1 Story, 770; Act of
March 3, 1801, 1 Story, 816; Act of May 19, 1828, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's
L. U. S. 2120.
3. Below will be found a reference to the acts of congress now in force
in relation to the mint. Act of January 18, 1837, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story,
L. U. S. 2120; Act of May 19, 1828, 4 Id. 2120; Act of May 3, 1835; Act of
February 13, 1837; Act of March 3, 1849; Act of March 3, 1851, s. 11. Vide
Coin; Foreign Coin; Money.