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Mountain
King James Dictionary
or MOUNT'AIN, n. L. adjective, montanus. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, but of no definite altitude. We apply mountain to the largest eminences on the globe but sometimes the word is used for a large hill. In general, mountain denotes an elevation higher and larger than a hill as the Altaic mountains in Asia, the Alps in Switzerland, the Andes in South America,the Allegheny mountains in Virginia, the Catskill in New York, the White mountains in New Hampshire, and the Green mountains in Vermont. The word is applied to a single elevation, or to an extended range.
MOUNT'AIN, a. Pertaining to a mountain found on mountains growing or dwelling on a mountain as mountain air mountain pines mountain goats.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Mountain'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/mountain.html.
