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A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who designated the second Sunday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation as the badge.

• Loveful
  Full of love.
• Whitened
  of Whiten
• Lovingly
  With love; affectionately.
• Whitewash
  Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
• Mothery
  Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).
• LOVERLOVERY
  See Louver. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
• Personated
  of Personate
• WHITEEYE
  Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-e
• Schoolship
  A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the cour
• WHITESLAVE
  A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.
• Badgerer
  One who badgers.
• Sunday
  The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.
• Founderies
  of Foundery
• Visite
  A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
• Lettered
  of Letter
• Whitecap
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
• Loveless
  Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.
• Whitening
  of Whiten
• Lovingness
  Affection; kind regard.
• Whitewashed
  of Whitewash

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