·vi To play the mountebank.
II. Mountebank ·noun Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
III. Mountebank ·vt To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to Gull.
IV. Mountebank ·noun One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.