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of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. She loved her children best in every wise. Chaucer. Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.

beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope.

A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.

To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign. We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross. Bk. of Com Prayer.

rmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded. Hayward. In wit a man; simplicity a child. Pope.

To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.

ose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here Num. xxxii. 6. Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. Shak.

To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. L'Estrange.

To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also slaver, and slobber.]

A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

A child's pinafore.

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

t contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer. 'T was what I said to Craggs and Child, Who praised my modesty, and smiled. Pope.

for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.

To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. Sir W. Scott.

Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]

To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother. Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son. Gen. xxi. 2.

To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Congreve. Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. Byron.