mot
A woman; a wife.
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mot
A girl, or wench. See MORT.
mot
A girl of indifferent character. Formerly, Mort. Dutch, MOTT-KAST, a harlotry. MOT-CART, see LOOSE-BOX.
Mother Carey's chickens
Stormy petrels. Mother Carey is mata cara, dear mother. The French call these birds oiseaux de Notre Dame or aves Sanctce Maria. See Captain Marryat's Poor Jack, where the superstition is fully related.
Mother Carey's Goose
The great black petrel or fulmar of the Pacific. Mother Carey is plucking her goose. It is snowing. Cp. HULDA. Sailors call falling snow Mother Carey's chickens.
Mother Church
The Church considered as the central fact, the head, the last court of appeal in all matters pertaining to conscience or religion. St. John Lateran, at Rome (see LATERAN), is known as the Mother and Head of all Churches. Also, the principal or oldest church in a country or district; the cathedral of a diocese.
mother country
One's native country; or the country whence one's ancestors have come to settle. England is the Mother country of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc. The German term is Fatherland.
Mother Earth
When Junius Brutus (after the death of Lucretia) formed one of the deputation to Delphi to ask the Oracle which of the three would succeed Tarquin, the response was, "He who should first kiss his mother.*' Junius instantly threw himself on the ground, exclaiming, "Thus, then, I kiss thee, Mother Earth," and he was elected consul.
Mother Goose
Famous as giving the name to Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes, which first seems to have been used in Songs for the Nursery: or Mother Gooseys Melodies for Children, published by T. Fleet in Boston, Mass., in 1719. The rhymes were free adapta- tions of Perrault's Contes de ma mere Foye ("Tales of my Mother Goose") which appeared in 1697.
mother hen
An overprotective person
Mother Hubbard
A cupboard or closet that is bare or empty
mother lode
A rich source of something valuable or useful
mother of all
the largest or most extreme example of something
Mother of Meng
A Chinese expression, meaning "an admirable teacher." Meng's father died soon after the birth of the sage, and he was brought up by his mother.
Mother of Presidents
The State of Virginia. Does your mother know you're out? A jeering remark addressed to a presumptuous youth or to a simpleton.
mother of st
PATRICK. The same. IRISH.
Mother's Day
In U.S.A. the second Sunday in May is observed as an occasion for each person to remember his mother by some act of grateful affection. In schools Mother's Day is observed on the Friday preceding the above date.
mother's meeting
A meeting of mothers held periodically in connexion with some church or denomination, at which the women can get advice or religious instruction, drink tea, gossip, and sometimes do a little needle- work. Hence, applied facetiously to any gossiping group of people — men, as well as women.
motherfuckingly
Extremely.
Mothering Sunday
Mid-Lent Sunday, a great holiday, when the Pope blesses the golden rose, children go home to their mothers to feast on "mothering cakes," and "simnel cakes" (#.y.) are eaten. It is said that the day received its appellation from the ancient custom of visiting the "mother church" on that day; but to school-children it always meant a holiday, when they went home to spend the day with their mother or parents.
motion lotion
motor fuel
motion of someone's ocean
Someone's personal business or affair
motor
To leave.
mott
The vulva.
mouchets
Small patches worn by ladies: from the French word mouches.
mouldy
Grey-headed. Servants wearing hair-powder are usually termed MOULDY-PATES by street boys.
mouldy-grubs
Travelling showmen, mountebanks who perform in the open air without tent or covering. Doing this is called MOULDY-GRUBBING.
moundsman
A pitcher.
mount
A saddle-horse. According to quality, "a good MOUNT," or "a bad MOUNT."
Mount Celion
After 230 years they awoke, but soon died, and their bodies were taken to Marseilles in a large stone coffin, still shown in
mountain dew
Scotch whisky; formerly that from illicit stills hidden away in the mountains.
mountain party emerged
They disappeared with the coming of the Directory in 1799. Club-bearer, The. In Greek mythology Penphetes, the robber of Argolis, is so called because he murdered his victims with an iron club.
mountain-dew
Whisky, advertised as from the Highlands.
mountain-pecker
A sheep’s head. See JEMMY.
mounter
A false swearer. Derived from the borrowed clothes men used to MOUNT, or dress in, when going to swear for a consideration.
mourning
"a full suit of MOURNING," two black eyes; HALF-MOURNING, one black eye.
mouse
To speak like a mouse in a cheese; i.e. faintly or indistinctly.
mouse
A black eye. By a façon de parler, any one with "a MOUSE" is supposed to have been to Blackwall.
mousetrap
The parson's mousetrap; the state of matrimony.
mouth
A noisy fellow. Mouth half cocked; one gaping and staring at every thing he sees. To make any one laugh on the wrong, or t'other side of his mouth; to make him cry or grieve.
mouth breather
Someone considered foolish or stupid
mouth job
Oral sex.
mouth music
Oral sex.
mouth of a sailor
someone who uses a lot of profanity
mouth the words
to repeat words without meaning or feeling
mouth-almighty
A noisy, talkative person.
mouthful of marbles
Unable to speak clearly due to a crowded mouth
mouthpiece
A lawyer, or counsel. Thieves and their associates always speak of a counsel as a MOUTHPIECE.
move
A "dodge," or cunning trick; "up to a MOVE or two," acquainted with tricks. Probably derived from the game of chess.
move down
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, down.
move furniture
To reorganize or rearrange things, often in a drastic manner.
move house
To change one's residence
move on
to stop focusing on something and continue with life
move on to something
start doing something new
move one's body
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
move out
to leave a place, especially a home
move someone to tears
to cause someone to cry
move the needle
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
move the yardsticks
to change the standards or criteria
move through the gears
To progress or advance smoothly through a series of stages or levels
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