mother lye

The liquid remaining after all the salts that will readily crystallize have been 1. Acting or holding the place of a mother; giving removed from a solution. birth or origin. "The king with joy confe ed his place of birth, And on his knees salutes his mother earth." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xiii. 404. de . Obvious compounds: Mother-bird, mother -god (1) Mother Carey's chickens : A name given by sailors to the various species of Stormy-petrel. (2) Mother Carey's goose : The Great Black Fulmar, found in the Pacific Ocean.