▪ I. † mountant, a. and n.1 Obs.
[a. F. montant, pr. pple. of monter mount v.]
A. n. Astrol. Ascendant.
| c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 112 Þe mountant, or þe vpspryngand. |
B. adj. Mounting, rising.
| 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. 658 They caused him to have, in ready money, mountante to the somme of thyrty thousande pounds. 1607 Shakes. Timon iv. iii. 135 Hold vp you Sluts Your Aprons mountant; you're not Oathable, Although I know you'l sweare. 1625 C. Brooke On Sir A. Chichester Poems (1872) 222 That fyre shall make hym mountant, and aspire A radiant light. 1812 W. Tennant Anster F. ii. lxiv, Tumblers..mountant from the scaffolds planks, Kick with their whirling heels the clouds on high. |
▪ II. mountant, n.2
(ˈmaʊntənt)
[f. mount n.2 + -ant1, after F. montant: see prec.]
An adhesive substance with which to mount photographs, etc.
| 1886 Queen LXXX. 538 Several mountants are daily employed, such as common glue, gum, and clear starch paste. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 956 Any gelatine mountant. |