Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mothering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mothering \Moth"er*ing\, n.
A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on
Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting
the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mother \Moth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mothered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mothering}.]
To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a
mother to.
The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the
crown, would have mothered another body's child.
--Howell.
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