Defn: In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician. Chaucer.
MINSTRELSY
Min"strel*sy, n.
1. The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
2. Musical instruments. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs. Chaucer. "The minstrelsy of heaven." Milton.
MINT
Mint, n. Etym: [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
Note: Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
— Horsemint is M. sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda
punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects.
— Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum,
common in North America.
— Peppermint is M. piperita.
— Spearmint is M. viridis.
— Water mint is M. aquatica. Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
— Mint julep. See Julep.
— Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
MINT Mint, n. Etym: [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Money, Monition.]
1. A place where money is coined by public authority.