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Mother-of-pearl |
The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl. |
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Yukarı |
Mother |
A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. |
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Mother |
That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. |
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Mother |
An old woman or matron. |
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Mother |
The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. |
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Mother |
Hysterical passion; hysteria. |
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Mother |
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. |
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Mother |
To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. |
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Mother |
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. |
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Mother |
To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. |
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Mother-in-law |
The mother of one's husband or wife. |
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Mother-naked |
Naked as when born. |
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Mother-of-thyme |
An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme. |
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Pearl |
A fringe or border. |
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Pearl |
To fringe; to border. |
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Pearl |
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones. |
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Pearl |
Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious. |
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Pearl |
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. |
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Pearl |
A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. |
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Pearl |
A light-colored tern. |
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Pearl |
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. |
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