1. (n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

2. (n.) A place where money is coined by public authority.

3. (n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

4. (v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.

5. (v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

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