moth1 (moth)

[ or clubbed at the end like those of butterflies. There are many families and very numerous genera and species. Aside from numberle specific names, moths are distinguished by the leading families under English names. Hawk-moths are Sphingidæ and related families; butterfly hawk-moths, Uraniide (various popular names), Żygænid a; clear-winged hawk-moths, Egeriidæ; swift-moths, Hepia lid a; lappet-moths or silkworm-moths, Bombycid a; tiger moths, Arctiid a; lackey-moths, Lithosiidæ; rustic moths, Noctuide; geometrid moths, Geo me tride; meal-moths, Pyralidæ; leaf-rolling moths, Tortricidæ; ermine-moths, Yponomeutidæ; leaf-mining moths, Tineid a; plume-moths, Alucitidæ (or Pterophoride ). The tineids include the various small moths injurious to carpets and other woolen fabrics. The smaller moths, of several families, are often collectively designated Microlepidoptera. Various small white mealy moths are called millers. See the above IMG:content-0991.png:[blocks in formation] Unhappily the bit of mother from Swift's vinegar-barrel has had strength enough to sour all the rest [of Carlyle's characteristics). Lowell , Study Windows, p. 124. mother2 (muth'er), v. i. [ They oint their [sheep's] naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iii. 683. Same as mauther. mother1 (muTH'er), n. [With th for orig. d , as also in father ; moder (gen. moder ) , moddor (gen, mod or , dat. mēder ) = mother3 OS. mōdar , muoder =OFries. mōder = D. moeder , moer = MLG. moder, LG. moder , mor = OHG. MHG. muoter, G. mutter = Icel. modhir = Sw. Dan, moder (not found in Goth., where the word for 'mother' was a i the i and for 'father' att a ) = OIr. mathir , Ir. Gael. mathair = L. māter ( mātr- ) (> It. Sp. Pg. madre = Pr. maire = OF. mere , F. mère ) = Gr. μήτηρ , Doric μάτηρ = OBulg. mat i = Ru . mat i = Lith. mote = Pol. matka (with dim. term.- ka ) = OPers. māta , Pers. māder = Skt. mātā (stem matar ), mother; a general In- do-Eur. word (though absent in Gothic and mod. W.), with appar. suffix -tar , of agent, from a root usually taken to be ✓ ma, Skt. mā, mea- sure or make; but this is conjectural. Cf. mat- ter , from the same ult. root.] 1. A woman in relation to her child; female parent: also used of female animals in relation to their offspring. Thus brought merlyn the me agers of the kynge to his moder place. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 30. Many was the modur son To the kyrk with him can fare. Robin Hood and the Monk (Child's Ballads, V. 5). Ladies! thou, Paris, mov'st my laughter, They 're deities ev'ry mother's daughter. 2. That which has given birth to anything; source of anything; generatrix. (muth'èr), n. IMG:content-0992.png:[blocks in formation] mother-cask (muтн'ér-kåsk), n. which acetous fermentation is carried on in the manufacture of vinegar.