Mother
Moth´er Pronunciation: mŭth´ẽr
n. | 1. | A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. |
| 2. | That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. |
| 3. | An old woman or matron. |
| 4. | The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. |
| 5. | Hysterical passion; hysteria. |
a. | 1. | Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. |
v. t. | 1. | To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. |
n. | 1. | A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation. |
v. i. | 1. | To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. |
n. | 1. | Same as motherfucker. |
| 2. | A person or thing with some exceptional quality, as great size or power; as, a grizzly stuck his nose in my tent and I grabbed my pistol and shot the mother. |
MOTHER, domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
2. It is generally the duty of a mother to support her child, when she
is left a widow, until he becomes of age, or is able to maintain himself; 8
Watts, R. 366; and even after he becomes of age, if he be chargeable to the
public, she may, perhaps, in all the states, be compelled, when she has
sufficient means, to support him. But when the child has property sufficient
for his support, she is not, even during his minority, obliged to maintain
him. 1 Bro. C. C. 387; 2 Mass. R. 415; 4 Miss. R. 97.
3. When the father dies without leaving a testamentary guardian, at
common law, the mother is entitled to be the guardian of the person and
estate of the infant, until he arrives at fourteen years, when he is able to
choose a guardian. Litt. sect. 123; 3 Co. 38; Co. Litt. 84 b; 2 Atk. 14; Com
Dig. B, D, E; 7 Ves. 348. See 10 Mass. 135, 140; 15 Mass. 272; 4 Binn. 487;
4 Stew. & Part. 123; 2 Mass. 415; Harper, R. 9; 1 Root, R. 487.
4. In Pennsylvania, the orphans' court will, in such case, appoint a
guardian until the infant shall attain his fourteenth year. During the joint
lives of the parents, (q.v.) the father (q.v.) is alone responsible for
the support of the children; and has the only control over them, except when
in special cases the mother is allowed to have possession of them. 1 P. A.
Browne's Rep. 143; 5 Binn. R. 520; 2 Serg. & Rawle 174. Vide 4 Binn. R. 492,
494.
5. The mother of a bastard child, as natural guardian, has a right to
the custody and control of such child, and is bound to maintain it. 2 Mass.
109; 12 Mass. 387, 433; 2 John. 375; 15 John. 208; 6 S. & R. 255; 1 Ashmead,
55.
To see your mother in your dream,
represents the nurturing aspect of your own character.
Mothers offer shelter,
comfort,
life,
guidance and protection.
Some people may have problems freeing themselves from their mothers and are thus seeking their own individuality and development.
To dream that you are having a conversation with your mother,
denotes a matter that has preoccupied your mind and you are not sure how to deal with it in your waking life.
It indicates unresolved problems that still need to be worked out with your mother.
To hear your mother call you in our dream,
signifies that you have been negligent in your duties and responsibilities.
You are pursuing down the wrong path.
To hear your mother cry in your dream,
denotes some illness or affliction.
SOB,
agent,
ancestorial,
ancestors,
ancestral,
apprentice,
architect,
artificer,
artist,
attend to,
aunt,
auntie,
author,
baby,
baby-sit,
bastard,
bear,
beget,
begetter,
beginner,
birth,
blood brother,
breed true,
brethren,
bring to birth,
brother,
bub,
bubba,
bud,
buddy,
bugger,
builder,
care for,
catalyst,
causer,
chaperon,
cherish,
coddle,
conceiver,
conserve,
constructor,
copulate,
cosset,
country cousin,
cousin,
cousin once removed,
cousin twice removed,
cradle,
craftsman,
creator,
creep,
crossbreed,
cultivate,
dam,
daughter,
designer,
deviser,
discoverer,
dry-nurse,
effector,
engender,
engenderer,
engineer,
executor,
executrix,
fart,
father,
fatherlike,
fatherly,
feed,
first cousin,
fondle,
foster brother,
foster mother,
founder,
frater,
generate,
generator,
genesis,
genetrix,
get,
give birth to,
grandfatherly,
grandmotherly,
grandnephew,
grandniece,
grandparental,
granduncle,
great-aunt,
great-uncle,
grower,
half brother,
heel,
hood,
hooligan,
inaugurator,
inbreed,
indulge,
industrialist,
initiator,
innate,
inspirer,
instigator,
institutor,
introducer,
inventor,
jerk,
journeyman,
keep watch over,
kid brother,
lavish care on,
look after,
look out for,
look to,
louse,
ma,
make love,
maker,
mam,
mamma,
mammy,
manufacturer,
master,
master craftsman,
mater,
materfamilias,
maternal,
maternal ancestor,
matriarch,
matronize,
maw,
meanie,
minister to,
mommy,
motherlike,
motherly,
mover,
multiply,
mum,
mummy,
native,
natural,
nephew,
niece,
nourish,
nuncle,
nunks,
nunky,
nurture,
nurturer,
old,
old lady,
old woman,
organizer,
origin,
originator,
outbreed,
pamper,
parent,
parental,
past master,
paternal,
patriarchal,
pill,
planner,
precursor,
preserve,
prime mover,
primum mobile,
procreate,
producer,
progenitrix,
proliferate,
propagate,
protect,
protege,
provide for,
raiser,
rat,
realizer,
reproduce in kind,
ride herd on,
second cousin,
see after,
see to,
serve,
shaper,
shelter,
shepherd,
shit,
shithead,
shitheel,
sire,
sis,
sissy,
sister,
sister-german,
sistern,
smith,
son,
source,
spoil,
spoon-feed,
stepbrother,
stepmother,
stepsister,
stinkard,
stinker,
suckle,
support,
sustain,
take care of,
take charge of,
tend,
the old woman,
turd,
unc,
uncle,
uncs,
uterine brother,
wait on,
watch out for,
watch over,
wellspring,
wet-nurse,
wright