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Moo :: Moo (v. i.) To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- child's word.

Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) A child's pinafore or bib.

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs..

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities..

School :: School (n.) A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school..

Bullbeggar :: Bullbeggar (n.) Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear..

Accoucheur :: Accoucheur (n.) A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

Only :: Only (a.) Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child..

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Whelp :: Whelp (n.) A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

Snug :: Snug (v. i.) To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother..

Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

Impotency :: Impotency (n.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness..

Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father..

Epiphany :: Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide..

Couvade :: Couvade (n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill..

Puling :: Puling (a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.

Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease..

Tidy :: Tidy (n.) A child's pinafore.

Level :: Level (v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children..

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