or the mother
A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small piece, mothers in law being supposed not apt to overload the stomachs of their husband's children.
·noun An old woman or matron. II. Mother ·noun Hysterical passion; hysteria. III. Mother ·vi To be...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is stron...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary