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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Filial :: Filial (a.) Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience..
Granadilla :: Granadilla (n.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices..
Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in..
Gravid :: Gravid (a.) Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety..
Obstetricious :: Obstetricious (a.) Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance..
Toddle :: Toddle (v. i.) To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child..
Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..
Inofficious :: Inofficious (a.) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance..
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Vagient :: Vagient (a.) Crying like a child.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child..
Drool :: Drool (v. i.) To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools..
Going :: Going (n.) Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..
Boy :: Boy (n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son..
Children :: Children (pl. ) of Chil.
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