| Pronunciation: | | bI blow
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| | Definition: | | [n] the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
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| | Synonyms: | | bastard, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
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| | See Also: | | issue, offspring, progeny |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \By"-blow`\, n.
1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
With their by-blows they did split the very stones
in pieces. --Bunyan.
2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced
slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow,
the present Padre Ottomano. --Evelyn.
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