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Definition of Firstling
1. n. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.
2. a. Firstborn.
Definition of Firstling
1. Noun. The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring. ¹
2. Noun. The first of a class or kind ¹
3. Noun. The thing first thought or done. ¹
4. Adjective. Firstborn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firstling
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Firstling
1. Firstborn. "All the firstling males." (Deut. Xv. 19) 1. The first produce or offspring; said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. 2. The thing first thought or done. "The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand." (Shak) Origin: First + -ling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firstling
Literary usage of Firstling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Series of Lecture Sermons: Delivered at the Second Universalist Meeting by Hosea Ballou (1854)
"His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns
of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the ..."
2. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1842)
"... fruto primero FUST-CREATED, a. Creado el primero ó antes de algún otro.
firstling, ». Primerizo, lo que nace primero, —a. Nacido ó producido el primero. ..."
3. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"(which is indeed) the firstborn: 17. the son of the hated (for) the firstborn,
25: <5. the firstborn which she beareth 33:17.(.like) the firstling of his ..."
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