BIRTHINGS
Noun
birthings
plural of birthing
Source: Wiktionary
BIRTHING
Birth"ing, n. (Naut.)
Definition: Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey.
BIRTH
Birth, n. Etym: [OE. burth, birth, AS. beor, gebyrd, fr. beran to
bear, bring forth; akin to D. geboorate, OHG. burt, giburt, G.
geburt, Icel. bur, Skr. bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Ir. & Gael.
beirthe born, brought forth. Bear, and cf. Berth.]
1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; --
generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
2. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble
extraction.
Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications.
Prescott.
3. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or
position; inherited disposition or tendency.
A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name. Dryden.
4. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
"At her next birth." Milton.
5. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or
vegetable.
Poets are far rarer births that kings. B. Jonson.
Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift
for itself. Addison.
6. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. New birth (Theol.),
regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.
Syn.
– Parentage; extraction; lineage; race; family.
Birth, n.
Definition: See Berth. [Obs.] De Foe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition