Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Motation

Mo‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. motare, motatum, to keep moving.] The act of moving; motion.

5240

Mote

Mote (?), v. See 1st Mot. Chaucer.

5241

Mote (2)

Mote, n. [See Moot, a meeting.] 1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London.2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the managem...

5242

Mote (3)

Mote, n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.

5243

Mote (4)

Mote, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.] A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon...

5244

Moted

Mot″ed (?), a. Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air. “Moted sunbeams.” Tennyson.

5245

Motet

Mo‐tet″ (?), n. [F., a dim. of mot word; cf. It. mottetto, dim. of motto word, device. See Mot, Motto.] (Mus.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic ...

5246

Moth

Moth (mŏth), n. A mote. Shak.

5247

Moth (2)

Moth, n.; pl.Moths (mŏthz). [OE. mothe, AS. moððe; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. Mad, n., Mawk.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any nocturnal lepidopt...

5248

Moth-eat

Moth″–eat′ (?), v. t. To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. [Rarely used except in the form moth-eaten, p. p. or a.]Ruin and neglect have so moth-eaten her. Sir T. Herb...

5249

Mothen

Moth″en (?), a. Full of moths. Fulke.

5250

Mother

Moth″er (?), n. [OE. moder, AS. mōdor; akin to D. moeder, OS. mōdar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. mōðir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mate...

5251

Mother (2)

Moth″er, a. 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.It is...

5252

Mother (3)

Moth″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mothering.] To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth be...

5253

Mother (4)

Moth″er, n. [Akin to D. modder mud, G. moder mold, mud, Dan. mudder mud, and to E. mud. See Mud.] A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liq...

5254

Mother (5)

Moth″er, v. i. To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

5255

Mother-in-law

Moth″er–in–law′ (?), n. The mother of one's husband or wife.

5256

Mother-naked

Moth″er–na′ked (?), a. Naked as when born.

5257

Mother-of-pearl

Moth″er–of–pearl′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.

5258

Mother-of-thyme

Moth″er–of–thyme′ (?), n.(Bot.) An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); — called also wild thyme.

5259

Mother's Day

Moth″er's Day. A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, vis...

5260

Mothered

Moth″ered (?), a. Thick, like mother; viscid.They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.

5261

Motherhood

Moth″er‐hood (?), n. The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

5262

Mothering

Moth″er‐ing, n. A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, — supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the hi...

5263

Motherland

Moth″er‐land′ (?), n. The country of one's ancestors; — same as fatherland.

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Motherless

Moth″er‐less, a. [AS. mōdorleás.] Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.

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Motherliness

Moth″er‐li‐ness (?), n. The state or quality of being motherly.