Monk

1. 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.
2. (Print.) 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.
3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
1. A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.
2. The European bullfinch.
Monk bat (Zoöl.),
a South American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves.
Monk bird (Zoöl.),
the friar bird.
Monk seal (Zoöl.),
a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.
Monk's rhubarb (Bot.),
a kind of dock; -- also called patience (Rumex Patientia).