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Definition of Mountant
1. a. Raised; high.
Definition of Mountant
1. Adjective. (archaic) Rising ¹
2. Noun. (context: microscopy) The medium used for mounting a slide ¹
3. Noun. (photography dated) The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mountant
1. an adhesive paste [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountant
Literary usage of Mountant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of Photography for the Amateur and Professional Photographer by Edward John Wall (1902)
"... shifted about on the mount, or any excess of mountant wiped off, without
leaving any trace on the mount, even if highly enamelled. ..."
2. The American Amateur Photographer (1895)
"Remember that starch paste should be freshly made for each batch of prints, and
for a small batch, is as good as any other mountant. ..."
3. The Encyclopædic Dictionary of Photography: Containing Over 2,000 References by Walter E. Woodbury (1896)
"The mountant should be as pure and as simple as possible. still largely used in
England. In this scale the freezing point of water is + 32 degs., ..."
4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1912)
"The practice of mounting prints wet is, of course, as bad from this point of view
as anything can be. The print should be dry, the mountant should be fairly ..."
5. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"This mountant is brushed over the back of the print with a stiff brush, ...
Indiarubber mountant does not interfere with the gloss of a print in the least; ..."
6. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1917)
"To get this to be quite flat, not only must it be pasted all over, but sufficient
time must be given for the paper to absorb moisture from the mountant and ..."
7. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1907)
"The materials that are employed at the present day for making a paste or mountant
for photographs differ considerably according to the fancy of the ..."
8. The Dictionary of Photography for the Amateur and Professional Photographer by Edward John Wall (1902)
"... shifted about on the mount, or any excess of mountant wiped off, without
leaving any trace on the mount, even if highly enamelled. ..."
9. The American Amateur Photographer (1895)
"Remember that starch paste should be freshly made for each batch of prints, and
for a small batch, is as good as any other mountant. ..."
10. The Encyclopædic Dictionary of Photography: Containing Over 2,000 References by Walter E. Woodbury (1896)
"The mountant should be as pure and as simple as possible. still largely used in
England. In this scale the freezing point of water is + 32 degs., ..."
11. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1912)
"The practice of mounting prints wet is, of course, as bad from this point of view
as anything can be. The print should be dry, the mountant should be fairly ..."
12. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"This mountant is brushed over the back of the print with a stiff brush, ...
Indiarubber mountant does not interfere with the gloss of a print in the least; ..."
13. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1917)
"To get this to be quite flat, not only must it be pasted all over, but sufficient
time must be given for the paper to absorb moisture from the mountant and ..."
14. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1907)
"The materials that are employed at the present day for making a paste or mountant
for photographs differ considerably according to the fancy of the ..."
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