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ton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear.

estering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. "The trouble and pesterment of children." B. Franklin.

Having the love of offspring; fond of children.

The love of offspring; fondness for children.

Natural affection, as of parents for their children. [R.]

urus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.

A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

ings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Ps. ciii. 13.

Play of children. Locke.

A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. Goldsmith.

A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.

se or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood. Lam. iv. 14.

A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.

To die sooner than. "If children predecease progenitors." Shak.

esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. Spenser. I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zech. ix. 6. A bold peasantry, their country's pride. Goldsmith.

A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. As he sat in the school at his prymer. Chaucer.

The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued from the progeny of kings." Shak.

citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.