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Mother
·noun An old woman or matron.
II. Mother ·noun Hysterical passion; hysteria.
III. Mother ·vi To be...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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mother
or the mother
A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mother
The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is stron...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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El-beth-el
the God of Bethel
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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El Dorado
·- Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.
II. El Dorado ·- A name given by the Spaniard...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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El Doradoes
·pl of El Dorado.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Beth-el
the house of God
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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El-Bethel
God of Bethel, the name of the place where Jacob had the vision of the ladder, and where he erected ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Migdal-el
Tower of God, a fortified city of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), supposed by some to be identical with Magd...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bulwer, E.L.
(see Lytton, Edward George.)
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Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Eel-mother
·noun The <<Eelpout>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-naked
·adj Naked as when born.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pheasant's mother
n.
an old name of an Australian bird. See orthonyx.
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hoe-mother
, or homer.
The basking shark, Squalus maximus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Tel-el-Amarna
·add. ·noun A station on the Nile, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the capita...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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El-elohe-Israel
God, the God of Israel
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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El-elohe-Isreal
Mighty one; God of Israel, the name which Jacob gave to the alter which he erected on the piece of l...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Mother-in-law
·noun The mother of one's husband or wife.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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mother cary's chicken
The stormy petrel, Procellaria pelagica.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother-of-pearl
The iridescent nacreous inner layer of several species of shells, especially the "pearl-oyster" (Mel...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of st. patrick
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of the maids
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mary, Mother Of Mark
(Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary