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Childcrowing: Definition and part of speech

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Childcrowing

  1. n. The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Childe: Definition and part of speech

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Childe

  1. n. A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Childermas day: Definition and part of speech

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Childermas day

  1. A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; — called also Holy Innocent’s Day.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

niere: Definition and part of speech

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niere

  1. n. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
  2. n. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
  3. n. A receptacle for rags or shreds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Childhood: Definition and part of speech

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Childhood

  1. n. The commencement; the first period.
  2. n. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
  3. n. Children, taken collectively.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.