Mint
Mint (mint) , n.
[AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa, mi`nqh.]
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
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.
2.
Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
A mint of phrases in his brain.
3.
A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading.
Mint , v. t.
[AS. mynetian.]
1.
To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
2.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted.
mint , a.
Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint{1}; as, he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition.
2.
Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{1}.