Definition of child

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Child (n.) A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom..

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Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A troublesome child; as, a little pickle..
Hogmanay :: Hogmanay (n.) The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant..
Childed :: Childed (imp. & p. p.) of Chil.
Birth :: Birth (n.) The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth..
Prattle :: Prattle (v. i.) To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk..
Quest :: Quest (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc..
Innocent :: Innocent (n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot..
Eurasian :: Eurasian (n.) A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..
Provide :: Provide (v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child..
Pinworm :: Pinworm (n.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons..
Unchristened :: Unchristened (a.) Not christened; as, an unchristened child..
Throe :: Throe (n.) Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition..
Suck :: Suck (v. i.) To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking..
Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..
Free :: Free (adv.) Without charge; as, children admitted free..
Quick :: Quick (superl.) Pregnant; with child.
Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet..
Lisp :: Lisp (v. i.) To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
Puerility :: Puerility (n.) That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly..
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