(1):
(n.) An old woman or matron.
(2):
(n.) A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
(3):
(n.) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
(4):
(a.) 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.
(5):
(n.) That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
(6):
(n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.
(7):
(v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
(8):
(n.) 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.
(9):
(v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.