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mauthern
▪ I. mauther dial. (ˈmɔːðə(r)) Forms: 5 moddyr, moder, 5–8 modder, 6 moether, 6–7 mo(a)ther, 7 modher, mothther, 9 morther, 8– mawther, 7– mauther. [Of obscure etymology. Often regarded as a variant of mother, on the ground that in Norwegian dialects mor (‘mother’) is often used vocatively to little...
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moder
▪ I. † ˈmoder, v. Obs. Also 5 modre, 5–6 modere. [ad. OF. moderer (F. modérer), ad. L. moderārī: see moderate v.] = moderate v. in various senses: To restrain, hold in check; to temper, mitigate; to regulate, settle; to modify. (Frequent in 15th c.) Hence ˈmodering vbl. n., a diminishing, attenuatio...
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Peg
Peg, n.2 (pɛg) [An alteration of Meg = Margaret; cf. Polly = Molly, Mary.] 1. A pet form of the female name Margaret: cf. also peggy. Hence in proverbial nicknames: Peg Trantum, a romping, hoydenish girl. † gone to Peg Trantum's (Crancum's), dead (obs. slang).1694 Motteux Rabelais v. vii. (1737) 30 ...
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mathern
ˈmather(n dial. Also 6, 9 mathers, 9 madders, mauther(n, maythern, moithern. [Variant or derivative of maythe, maythen.] = maythe.1578 Lyte Dodoens ii. xxx. 185 Cotula fœtida. Mathers or stinking Comomill. 1677 Plot Oxfordsh. ix. 241 This [land] never requires a double stirring, nor must be made too...
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mother
▪ I. mother, n.1 (ˈmʌðə(r)) Forms: 1 móder, -or, -ur, (módder), dat. méd(d)er, mœ́der, 3 moderr, (? moðer), pl. modren, 4–5 modire, modre, modur, modyr(e, mooder, 5 modure, 6 moeder, mothir, Sc. muddir, muder, 8–9 Sc. mither, 5– mother. [Com. Teut. (but wanting in Gothic) and Indo-Germanic: OE. módo...
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