Mother

muth'er, n. A thick, slimy vegetable growth which forms in certain saccharine or alcoholic liquids, turning them into vinegar; the vinegar plant. — r. i. To produce or become thick with mother. — Moth'ery, -£r-Y, a. Like, of the nature of, or containing, etc. — Moth'er-wa'ter, n. The impure residue of a liquor from which crystals have been obtained. — Motherwort, -wert, n. (Bot.) An herb of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine.