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mother wit
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Mother wit
(gcide) | Mother \Moth"er\, 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.
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It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is
derived. --T. Arnold.
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Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions,
gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.
Mother church, the original church; a church from which
other churches have sprung; as, the mother church of a
diocese.
Mother country, the country of one's parents or ancestors;
the country from which the people of a colony derive their
origin.
Mother liquor (Chem.), the impure or complex residual
solution which remains after the salts readily or
regularly crystallizing have been removed.
Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen
mother.
Mother tongue.
(a) A language from which another language has had its
origin.
(b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.
Mother water. See Mother liquor (above).
Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence.
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mother wit
(wn) | mother wit
n 1: sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common";
"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";
"fortunately she had the good sense to run away" [syn:
common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense,
sense, mother wit] |
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