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▪ I. ‖ mater|ˈmeɪtə(r)|
[L. = mother.]
1. The thickest plate of the astrolabe. (Cf. mother.) Obs.
1594Blundevil Exerc. vi. Introd. (1636) 599 The fore-part contayneth two principall parts, that is, the Mater, which is unmovable, and the Rete, which is movable. Ibid. 600. 1905 Sci. Amer. 12 Aug. 120/2 The Astrolabe of Regiomontanus... Mater is the name given to the large disk divided into degrees. 1974Ibid. Jan. 101/1 Each plate being engraved on both sides and all being stacked in the mater, or main body, of the astrolabe.
2. Anat. See dura mater, pia mater.
3. Chiefly in schoolboys' slang, used familiarly for mother. (Cf. pater.)
1864Hemyng Eton School Days i. 3 ‘Good-bye, mater; good-bye, Letty’, said Philip. ‘Mind you write often’, said his mother. 1888J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge xxvii, The Mater will do anything for me. 1897Brit. Weekly 7 Jan. 214/3 Brydon's mater was a veritable matchmaker.
▪ II. mater
obs. form of matter, mehtar. |