Definition of Kittening

1. Noun. The giving birth of kittens ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kittening

1. kitten [v] - See also: kitten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kittening

kitsunes
kitt
kittatinnyite
kitted
kitted out
kitteh
kittehs
kittel
kittels
kitten
kitten-tails
kitten heel
kitten heels
kittened
kittenhood
kittening (current term)
kittenish
kittenishly
kittenishness
kittenishnesses
kittenlike
kittens
kitteny
kittereen
kittie
kitties
kitting
kitting out
kittiwake
kittiwakes

Literary usage of Kittening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1820)
"In fact, if the family cat had died in kittening, the circumstance could not be noticed with less ceremony;—indeed it is only by a comparison of dates, ..."

2. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"... if he would go with the company to the kittening to join four or five hundred English and Indians, and to return to Fort Pitt, Frankstown and Sinking ..."

3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1836)
"... contained in General Armstrong's letter, will have value as coming from the hero of kittening, ..."

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