MINT, the place in whiCh the king's money is coined. See Comm,.
There were anciently mints in almost every county in England ; but the only mint at present in the British dominions is that in the Tower of London. The of ficers of the mint are, The warden of the mint, who is chief: he oversees the other officers and receives the bullion. 2. The master-worker, who receives the bullion from the warden, causes it to be melted, delivers it to the moneyers, and when it is coined receives it again. 3. The comptroller, who is the overseer of all the inferior officers, and sees that all the money is made to the just size. 4. The assay-master, who weighs the gold and silver, and sees that it is according to the standard. 5. The auditor, who takes the accounts. 6. The surveyor of the melting, who, after the assay-master has made trial of the bullion, sees that it is cast out, and not altered after it is deli vered to the welter. 7. The engraver, who engraves the stamps and dies for the coinage of the money. 8. The clerk of
the irons, who sees that the irons are clean and fit to work with. 9. The welt er, who melts the bullion before it is coin ed. 10. The provost of the mint, who provides for and oversees all the money ers. 11. The blanchers who anneal and cleanse the money. 12. The moneyers, some of whom forge the money some shear it, some round and mill it, and some stamp or coin it. 13. The porters, who keep the gate of the mint.
MlNUAR r1A, in botany, so named from Minuartus, restorer of botany in Spain ; a genus of the Triandria Trigynia class and order. Natural order of Cary ophyllei. Essential character ; calyx five-leaved ; corolla none ; capsule one celled, three-valved. There are three species : these are all annual plants, na tives of Spain : leaves opposite, cluster ed; flowers in clusters, havi ng five or three very small petals like glands.