Section M, N, and O

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-- Mother
country, the country of one's parents or ancestors; the
country from which the people of a colony derive their origin. -
- Mother liquor (Chem.), the impure or
complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or
regularly crystallizing have been removed. -- Mother
queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen
mother. -- Mother tongue. (a)
A language from which another language has had its origin.
(b) The language of one's native land; native
tongue. -- Mother water. See Mother
liquor (above). -- Mother wit, natural
or native wit or intelligence.

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 besides the
crown, would have mothered another body's child.

Howell.

Moth"er, n.

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