nly one rank of oars.

MONEY-BOUND. A phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on
board till a remittance arrives for paying the passage made.

MONGER. A trader. (_See_ MONKEY.)

MONITION. Legal notice or warning.

MONITOR. A very shallow, semi-submerged, heavily-armoured steamer,
carrying on her open deck either one or two plated revolving turrets,
each containing either one or two enormous guns: originally designed by
Ericson in the United States during the recent war, to combine the
maximum of gun power with the minimum of exposure; they have been very
formidable in sheltered and intricate waters, but it remains yet to be
shown that they would be effective on the open sea.

MONKEY. A machine composed of a long pig of iron, traversing in a
groove, which is raised by a pulley, and let fall suddenly on the head
of large bolts for driving them. A larger kind is used in
_pile-driving_. Also, a kind of wooden kid for grog. Also, in Queen
Elizabeth's reign, a small trading vessel. Also, passion; as a man's
"monkey is up." Also, a machine with which the _hercules_ facilitates
the welding of anchors.

MONKEY-BLOCK. A small single block strapped with a swivel. Also, those
nailed on the topsail-yards of some merchantmen, to lead the buntlines
through.

MONKEY-BOAT. A half-decked boat above-bridge on the Thames.

MONKEY-JACKET. A warm jacket for night-watches, &c.

MONKEY-PUMP. Straws or quills for sucking the liquid from a cask,
through a gimlet-hole made for the purpose--a practice as old as the
time of Xenophon, who describes this mode of drinking from the prize
jars of Armenia.

MONKEY-SPARS. Reduced masts and yards for a vessel devoted to the
instruction and exercise of boys.

MONKEY-TAIL. A lever for training a carronade.

MONK-FISH. The _Squatina angelus_. (_See_ DEVIL-FISH.)

MONK'S SEAM. That made after sewing the edges of sails together, one
over the other, by stitching through the centre of the seam. Also, the
fash left at the junction of the moulds when a ball is cast.

MONMOUTH CAP. A flat worsted cap formerly worn by soldiers and sailors.
In the old play _Eastward Ho_, it is said, "Hurl away a dozen of
Monmouth caps or so, in sea ceremony to your bon voyage."

MONOXYLON [Gr.] Boats in the Ionian Isles propelled with one oar.

MONSOON [from the Persian _monsum_, season]. The periodical winds in
certain latitudes of India and the Indian Ocean. They continue five or
six months from one