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A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W. Irving.

A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

re or decide legally to be illegitimate. The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.

The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.

A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell.

To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. Dryden.

A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.

, on account of. [Prep. phrase.] Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Eph. v. 6.

To get (with child.) [Obs.] Shak.

Robynson (More's Utopia). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.

On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. The fairest child of Jove below. Prior.

To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. "At her next birth." Milton.

f happiness pronounces. This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 1.