(mint) noun
1. A place where the coin of a country is manufactured.
2. Figuratively, an abundant supply of anything: used especially of money.
3. Figuratively, the source of a fabrication or invention.
—v.t.
1. To make (money) by stamping; coin.
2. To invent or fabricate, as a word.
—adjective Unused; in original condition: a mint stamp. [OE mynet coin <L moneta mint <Moneta epithet of Juno, whose temple at Rome was used as a mint. Doublet of MONEY]
—mint′er noun

(mint) noun
Any one of several aromatic herbs of the genus Mentha, of the family Labiatae; especially, spearmint and peppermint, used medicinally. [OE minte <L menta, mentha <Gk. mintha]

(mint) v.t. Scot.
To hint; intend.