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Definition of By-blow
1. Noun. The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.
Generic synonyms: Issue, Offspring, Progeny
Derivative terms: Bastardise, Bastardize, Bastardly
Definition of By-blow
1. Noun. A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort. ¹
2. Noun. An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of By-blow
1. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of By-blow
Literary usage of By-blow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"... results of these experiments >llows : U Solid Axle, 3| inch diameter in ind \\
inch at ends, which had been three years, was bent 8} inches by blow ..."
2. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1914)
"Ap 14 Blow on head from ball kills boy, Newark, NJ Ap 19 Catcher killed by blow
of golf ball used for baseball, Pittsfield,' Mas? ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"THE DAMAGE DONE BY BLOW-HOLES IN STEEL INGOTS. ... The weaker the solid skin of
the ingot has been made by blow-holes, arranged directly underneath, ..."
4. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"Helen is, I suppose, the " by-blow." A proverb in Clarke, ... [The New Eng.
Dict, says by-blow means a side blow or side- stroke : a bastard, ..."
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