Mother

muth'tr, n. a female parent, esp. of the human race; a matron that which has produced anything. adj. received by birth, as were from one’s mother; natural; acting the part of a mother; originating. v.t. to adopt as a son or daughter — Moth'er-in-law, the mother of one’s husband or wife. v. Moth'er-Of pearl, the internal layer of the shells of several molluscs, esp of the pearl-oyster, so called because pro during the pearl. |M E. moder— S modcr cog. withd)ut. moedcr, Ice modhir (lei mutter Ir. and Gael, mathair, Ru mate, L utaUr Gr. meter Sans, mat a, matu, all from the Aryan root ma, to measure, to manage, from which also Matter and Mete Mother, muM'er, «. dregs or sediment, as of vinegar. [AfoimofMud] [mother Motherhood, mu/A'er-hood, v state of being a Motherle , mu/A'er-les. adj. without a mother. Motherly, muM'er-h, ad/ peiuimog to or btcurnmg mother, parental: tender.— n Moth'erline . Moth-hunter, moth'-hunt'£r, a little kind of swallow which hunts moths, tailed also the goatsucker.