Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Amount; space; extent. Compare
mountance .
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- noun obsolete A given
amount ,value , orextent of time or distance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And then they came together a soft pace, and wonderly they lashed together passing thick the mountenance of an hour or ever they breathed.
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And by then they had foughten the mountenance of an hour Sir
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And then Beaumains threw his shield from him, and proffered to fight with Sir Launcelot on foot; and so they rushed together like boars, tracing, rasing, and foining to the mountenance of an hour; and Sir Launcelot felt him so big that he marvelled of his strength, for he fought more liker a giant than a knight, and that his fighting was durable and passing perilous.
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And then Beaumains threw his shield from him, and proffered to fight with Sir Launcelot on foot; and so they rushed together like boars, tracing, rasing, and foining to the mountenance of an hour; and Sir Launcelot felt him so big that he marvelled of his strength, for he fought more liker a giant than a knight, and that his fighting was durable and passing perilous.
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And by then they had foughten the mountenance of an hour Sir Tristram waxed faint and for-bled, and gave sore aback.
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And then they came together a soft pace, and wonderly they lashed together passing thick the mountenance of an hour or ever they breathed.
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He threatened me for the mountenance of an hour this afternoon, but I bade him write and it pleased him ” passing well knew I that he could not missay me with you.
Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions Thompson, Slason 1901
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Thus every woman in these metrical romances who happens to be young, is described as ‘so bright of ble,’ or complexion; always a man goes ‘the mountenance of
Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866
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