Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first of a kind or category.
- noun A firstborn offspring.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first produce or offspring: applied to beasts.
- noun The thing first thought or done.
- First produced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals.
- noun The thing first thought or done.
- adjective Firstborn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The first
produce or result, notablyfirstborn offspring . - noun The first of a class or kind
- noun The thing first thought or done.
- adjective
Firstborn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Our brethren at Springplace had the gratification of baptizing the firstling of these Negroes
The religious instruction of the Negroes in the United States, 1842
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The Winter Aconite is the very 'firstling' of the year, for it blooms in advance of the Snowdrop, covering the ground with gilt spangles in the bleakest days of February.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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To Abel, we know not how, it was divinely said that the sacrificed "firstling" was the acceptable offering, and, antecedent to any possible experience, he offered it.
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And when the season of frost comes on, stitch together skins of firstling kids with ox-sinew, to put over your back and to keep off the rain.
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But at that time let me have a shady rock and wine of Biblis, a clot of curds and milk of drained goats with the flesh of an heifer fed in the woods, that has never calved, and of firstling kids; then also let me drink bright wine, sitting in the shade, when my heart is satisfied with food, and so, turning my head to face the fresh
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“A firstling … of animals cannot be consecrated by anyone.”
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“Every firstling ass you shall redeem with a sheep…” Exodus 23:13
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“Every firstling ass you shall redeem with a sheep…” Exodus 23:13
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But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
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