Birth

·noun ·see Berth.

II. Birth ·noun The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

III. Birth ·noun Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an Empire.

IV. Birth ·noun Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.

V. Birth ·noun That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

VI. Birth ·noun The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.

VII. Birth ·noun The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born;

— generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

Birth
As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
birth
a place or station ; a good birth ; mine is the next birth. Kent. This word is used by seamen of all...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Cross-birth
·noun Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Birth-day
The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebr...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
birth-marks
A ship must not be loaded above her birth-marks, for, says a maritime proverb, a master must know th...

The Sailor's Word-Book
birth-day suit
He was in his birth-day suit, that is, stark naked. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose