English Dictionary: by-blow | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
By-blow \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. |