MOTHER

n. Mu3th2'u6r. A.-S., moder. Gr., wrrip. Lat., mater. Fr., mere. Ger., Mutter. It., Sp., madre. The female parent. Gla m. See COUVEUSE. M.-of-pearl. Lat., mater per larum (seu margarita rum). Fr.. mere de perle, mere-perle, nacre de perles (1st def.). Ger., Perl mutter. 1. The pearly substance lining the shell of Meleagrina mar gar it if era and other shells; dried and powdered, and used as an alterative, absorbent, and tonic. 2. A cosmetic preparation or " enamel " composed of French chalk, magnesium" carbonate, and silicious matter. [A, 447 (a, 21): B, 95 (a, 38); Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.." xxiv (a, 46).] M.-of-you sands. The Linaria cymbal aria and the 8axtfraga sar mentos a. [B, 19, 275 (a, 35).] M.-of-thyme. See THYMUS serpyllum and CALAMI NTH A acinos. M'wort. 1. The genus Leonurus and the Leonurus cardiac a. 2. The Artemisia vulgar is. [B, 19, 121, 275 (o, 35).] [s. 34]