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e act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

ing) on or upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. "She passed the child on her husband for a boy." Dryden. -- To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.

The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.

Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. About whose patriarchal knee Late the little children clung. Tennyson.

ounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton.

A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene and diseases of children.

The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also pædobaptism.]

The art of nourishing children properly.

A child's game; bopeep.

Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.] To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak.

riven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. The children billows seem to pelt the clouds. Shak.

A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.

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

ng, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection. Locke.

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

son or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. Tatler.

Having the love of offspring; fond of children.

The love of offspring; fondness for children.