Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mountain \Moun"tain\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
      living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
      among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
      mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.

   2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.

            The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.

   {Mountain antelope} (Zo["o]l.), the goral.

   {Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
      (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red
      berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white,
      growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the
      {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree.

   {Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
      transportation, used in measuring the heights of
      mountains.

   {Mountain beaver} (Zo["o]l.), the sewellel.

   {Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.

   {Mountain cat} (Zo["o]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}.

   {Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
      generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.

   {Mountain cock} (Zo["o]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}.
      

   {Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
      cork in its texture.

   {Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}.

   {Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
      {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which
      affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in
      medicine.

   {Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often
      illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]

   {Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
      variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
      because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
      in tanning.

   {Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
      fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}.

   {Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
      {Fumitory}.

   {Mountain goat}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Mazama}.

   {Mountain green}. (Min.)
      (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
      (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.

   {Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
      Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
      It is found in the Northern United States.

   {Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
      latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
      clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
      poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and
      {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}.

   {Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
      leather in its texture.

   {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium}
      ({T. Alpinum}).

   {Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
      strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
      standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}.

   {Mountain linnet} (Zo["o]l.), the twite.

   {Mountain magpie}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
      (b) The European gray shrike.

   {Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}.

   {Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
      occurring as an efflorescence.

   {Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
      lime.

   {Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}.

   {Mountain ousel} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also
      {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}.

   {Mountain pride}, or {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of
      Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched
      palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
      leaves.

   {Mountain quail} (Zo["o]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
      pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
      plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
      chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
      and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.

   {Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in
      position and direction.

   {Mountain rice}. (Bot.)
      (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
          in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
      (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}).

   {Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
      flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
      alpina}).

   {Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
      color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.

   {Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
      digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
      greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
      Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.

   {Mountain sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), the European tree sparrow.

   {Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}.

   {Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
      montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}.

   {Mountain witch} (Zo["o]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of
      the genus {Geotrygon}.

Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF.
   pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. ?.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
      the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the
      family {Perdicid[ae]}, of the Old World. The partridge is
      noted as a game bird.

            Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.

   Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
         cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
         rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
         species.

   2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
      to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.]

   Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of
         the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
         ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena
         partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]}); and the California
         partridge ({Callipepla Californica}).

   3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.]

   {Bamboo partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a spurred partridge of the
      genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China
      and the East Indies.

   {Night partridge} (Zo["o]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]

   {Painted partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a francolin of South Africa
      ({Francolinus pictus}).

   {Partridge berry}. (Bot.)
      (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
          ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[ae]},
          having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
          flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
          with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
          which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
      (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
          procumbens}); also, the plant itself.

   {Partridge dove} (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under
      {Mountain}.

   {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
      ({Cassia Cham[ae]crista}), common in sandy fields in the
      Eastern United States.

   {Partridge shell} (Zo["o]l.), a large marine univalve shell
      ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of
      the partridge.

   {Partridge wood}
      (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
          is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
          it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}.
          Called also {pheasant wood}.
      (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
          striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
          walking sticks and umbrella handles.

   {Sea partridge} (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
      ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note.

   {Snow partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a large spurred partridge
      ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of
      Asia.

   {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}.

   {Wood partridge}, or {Hill partridge} (Zo["o]l.), any small
      Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}.

Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to
   cover with feathers.]
   1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or
      prink.

            Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
                                                  Irving.

   2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
      also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.

   3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ``Farewell the plumed
      troop.'' --Shak.

   4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
      plumes himself on his skill. --South.

   {Plumed adder} (Zo["o]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, or
      Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each
      eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff
      adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}.

   {Plumed partridge} (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail
      ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under
      {Mountain}.