Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mint \Mint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Minting}.] [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.                               --Bacon.

   {Minting mill}, a coining press.