mother2 (muTHer)

[Altered, by confusion with mother1, from * mudder, G. moder, also mutter ) = Dan. Sw. mudder, mud, mold; akin to mud, q. v.] 1. Dregs; lees. Near a Nymph with an Urn, that divides the High-way, And into a Puddle throws Mother of Tea. Prior , Down-Hall, st. 15. 2. A stringy, mucilaginous substance which little mote; something very small. A cloud of Moatlings hums Above our heads. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. Motella (mō-tel'ä), n. [NL., F. motelle , the eel-pout (cf. mustelle, the whistle fish); mustela , a fish, the eel-pout: see Mustela .] A genus of gadoid fishes; the rocklings. They are of small size, with elongate body, small scales, two dorsal fins, and one anal. There are several species, of various seas, as M. mustela .