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

de pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack.] A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.

A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. [U.S. & West Indies]

A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. [Colloq.] To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle" Shak. -- To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.…

to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. Coleridge.

To urinate; -- child's word.

A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.

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.

ed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

ortive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- Play"ful*ly, adv. -- Play"ful*ness, n.

Play of children. Locke.

A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse. A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. Locke.

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 child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.