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consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity. A cunning man did calculate my birth. Shak.

f the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth. It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses. Grose. I was bo…

ct, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. Fron even unto shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. Lev. xxiii. 32.

e two living suborders: (a) The Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed. (b) The Denticete, including th…

To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died. Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer.

aken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.

rt. Same as Ecclesiastical court. -- Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. -- Ch…

The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's bir…

annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given…

ith in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

hing' shape; figure. It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris.

Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.

The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson.

Born with another; being of the same birth.

Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale.

Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne.