English

Adjective

mountant ‎(comparative more mountant, superlative most mountant)

1. (archaic) Rising
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens:

     Hold up, you ****, / Your aprons mountant

Noun

mountant ‎(plural mountants)

1. (microscopy) The medium used for mounting a slide
   • 2004, Cletus P. Kurzman & Jack W. Fell, “Yeasts”, in Biodiversity of Fungi, ISBN 0125095511, page 335:

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

2. (photography, dated) The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount
   • 1911, Bernard Edward Jones, Encyclopedia of Photography, 1964 reprint edition, ISBN 0405049226, page 365:

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

Related terms

• montant