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montant en · NOUN · etymology 1
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Etymology
From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.
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(archaic) An upward cut with a blade.
HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
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montant en · NOUN · etymology 2
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Etymology
From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.
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An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile.
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(qualifier:drinking) The first scent of a cognac.
Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.
2004, Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits, →ISBN, page 238:
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montant en · ADJ · etymology 3
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Etymology
From Old French montant.
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(not-comparable) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.
[…] as it is usually designated, the 'crescent montant,' has long been a symbol of the Turkish empire, which has thus[…]
1873, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, page 178:The eagle montant, to borrow a term from falconry, is understood to typify the mythical phœnix, and may be regarded as alluding to the vicissitudes of that illustrious and ever-resurgent family.[…]
2018 January 31, R. D. Blackmore, Delphi Complete Works of R. D. Blackmore (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, →ISBN: