Monk Meaning in Spanish

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1. (n.) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.
2. (n.) The European bullfinch.
3. (n.) A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.
4. (n.) A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
5. (n.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

1. (pl. ) of Monkery

1. (n.) A collective body of monks.
2. (n.) The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.

1. (n.) A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.
2. (n.) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.
3. (n.) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
4. (v. t. & i.) To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
5. (n.) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
6. (n.) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
7. (n.) The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

1. (n.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.

1. (n.) See Nepenthes.

1. (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.

1. (pl. ) of Monkey

1. () A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi÷on by the Chilians.