mountant

comparative more mountant · superlative most mountant

1. archaicRising

   Hold up, you sluts, / Your aprons mountant

   1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens

plural mountants

1. microscopyThe medium used for mounting a slide

   Both mountants can be placed on the same slide, with spores placed in each.

   2004, Cletus P. Kurzman, Jack W. Fell, “Yeasts”, in Biodiversity of Fungi, →ISBN, page 335

2. datedartsThe adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount

   The favourite professional mountant was, and to some extent still is, starch paste.

   1911, Bernard Edward Jones, Encyclopedia of Photography, reprint edition, published 1964, →ISBN, page 365

   1 more example

   This photo-mountant costs about sixpence a pot, but you can buy a bottle of gum for a penny.

   1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC