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Webster 1913 Edition

(fẽrst′lĭng)

Noun.

[

First

-ling

The first produce or offspring; – said of animals, especially domestic animals;

as, the

firstlings

of his flock

Milton.

The thing first thought or done.

The very

firstlings

of my heart shall be
The

firstlings

of my hand.

Shakespeare

Adj.

Firstborn.

All the

firstling

males.

Deut. xv. 19.

Adj.

First produced; as firstling males. Deut. 15.

Noun.

The first produce or offspring; applied to beasts; as the firstlings of cattle.

The thing first thought or done. [Not used.]

The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.