4. Etym: [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.]
Defn: An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
5. (Mach.)
Defn: A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.
MONITORIAL
Mon`i*to"ri*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.
2. Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction.
MONITORIALLY
Mon`i*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a monitorial manner.
MONITOR NOZZLE
Monitor nozzle.