Found 2 items, similar to By-blow.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: by-blow
by-blow
n : the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn:
bastard,
love child,
illegitimate child,
illegitimate,
whoreson]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: By-blow
By-blow
\By"-blow`\, n.
1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
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With their by-blows they did split the very stones
in pieces. --Bunyan.
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2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
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The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced
slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow,
the present Padre Ottomano. --Evelyn.
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