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Webster 1913 Edition
Monk
1.
A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.
“A monk out of his cloister.” Chaucer.
Monks
in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks
and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks
are. Ayliffe.
2.
(Print.)
A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
3.
A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
4.
(Zool.)
(a)
A South American monkey (
Pithecia monachus
); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus
. (b)
The European bullfinch.
Monk bat
(Zool.)
, a South American and West Indian bat (
– Molossus nasutus
); – so called because the males live in communities by themselves. Monk bird
(Zool.)
, the friar bird.
– Monk seal
(Zool.)
, a species of seal (
– Monachus albiventer
) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. Monk’s rhubarb
(Bot.)
, a kind of dock; – also called
patience
(Rumex Patientia
).Webster 1828 Edition
Monk
MONK
,Noun.