mother

To be or act as a mother to; treat in a motherly fashion.

Dregs; lees.

A stringy, mucilaginous substance which forms in vinegar during the acetous fermentation, and the presence of which sets up and hastens this kind of fermentation. It is produced by a plant, Mycoderma aceti, the germs of which, like those of the yeast-plant, exist in the atmosphere.

To become concreted, as the thick matter of liquors; become mothery.

A woman in relation to her child; female parent: also used of female animals in relation to their offspring.