mount

verb1 of 2

to organize and begin an action; to attach to a support

• “For one to travel far, one minds his mount with care.”Tatoeba
• “There was nothing for me to do but mount the horse.”Tatoeba

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noun2 of 2

Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.