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English Dictionary: child' by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Child \Child\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Childed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Childing}.]
      To give birth; to produce young.
  
               This queen Genissa childing died.            --Warner.
  
               It chanced within two days they childed both.
                                                                              --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Child \Child\ (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. {Children}
      (ch[icr]l"dr[ecr]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth.
      kil[ed]ei womb, in-kil[ed][d3] with child.]
      1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the
            first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; --
            in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and
            plants.
  
      2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural;
            as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
  
      3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of
            relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one
            closely connected with a place, occupation, character,
            etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of
            disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
  
      4. A noble youth. See {Childe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and
            youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a
            very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness,
            limited understanding, etc.
  
                     When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood
                     as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became
                     a man, I put away childish things.      --1. Cor. xii.
                                                                              11.
  
      6. A female infant. [Obs.]
  
                     A boy or a child, I wonder?               --Shak.
  
      {To be with child}, to be pregnant.
  
      {Child's play}, light work; a trifling contest.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   child
  
      {daughter}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Child
      This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture.
      Thus Joseph is called a child at the time when he was probably
      about sixteen years of age (Gen. 37:3); and Benjamin is so
      called when he was above thirty years (44:20). Solomon called
      himself a little child when he came to the kingdom (1 Kings
      3:7).
     
         The descendants of a man, however remote, are called his
      children; as, "the children of Edom," "the children of Moab,"
      "the children of Israel."
     
         In the earliest times mothers did not wean their children till
      they were from thirty months to three years old; and the day on
      which they were weaned was kept as a festival day (Gen. 21:8;
      Ex. 2:7, 9; 1 Sam. 1:22-24; Matt. 21:16). At the age of five,
      children began to learn the arts and duties of life under the
      care of their fathers (Deut. 6:20-25; 11:19).
     
         To have a numerous family was regarded as a mark of divine
      favour (Gen. 11:30; 30:1; 1 Sam. 2:5; 2 Sam. 6:23; Ps. 127:3;
      128:3).
     
         Figuratively the name is used for those who are ignorant or
      narrow-minded (Matt. 11:16; Luke 7:32; 1 Cor. 13:11). "When I
      was a child, I spake as a child." "Brethren, be not children in
      understanding" (1 Cor. 14:20). "That we henceforth be no more
      children, tossed to and fro" (Eph. 4:14).
     
         Children are also spoken of as representing simplicity and
      humility (Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17).
      Believers are "children of light" (Luke 16:8; 1 Thess. 5:5) and
      "children of obedience" (1 Pet. 1:14).
     
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