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Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. Hooker.

The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.

Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.

The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

Southern.

Destitute of an usher. Marston.

The quality of being weatherly.

Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship. Cooper.

A withered person; one who is decrepit. [Obs.] Chapman.

To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley.

Possible to be done; practicable. [Obs.] "Fit for agible things." Sir A. Sherley.

Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

Southern; southerly; austral. [Obs.] Bailey.

A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.

an belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.