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mount

/maʊnt/ noun B1
  1. A hill or mountain.
  2. Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies. · the mount of Jupiter
  3. A green hillock in the base of a shield.

Plural mounts

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“Will your excellency be so good as to mount the shoulders of two of our men, they will carry you ashore?” The young man answered this invitation with a gesture of indifference, and stepped out of the boat; the sea immediately rose to his waist.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1091 · C1
The Horse consented and allowed the man to mount him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 68 · B2
Louis, that makes you mount to the thirteenth century, which is tolerably ancient.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 437 · C1
The old man hearing this, quickly made his son mount the Ass, and continued to walk along merrily by his side.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 50 · B2

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