watch-birth
watch-birth noun: a midwife.
Noun
watch-birth (plural watch-births)
- A midwife.
- This Pattern pleas'd thee ſo, th' haſt fram'd by it,
Th' eternall Watch-births of thy ſacred Wit:
Thy pithy Book of Proverbs richly-grave,
Unto the PORCH may rich relation have:
For that it gives us Oeconomike Lawes,
Rules Politike, and Private civill Sawes;
And for (the moſt) thoſe Leſſons...1641 [1578–84], “The Magnificence”, in Sylvester, Joshua, transl., Du Bartas His Diuine Weekes and Workes, translation of Semaines by Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, page 215
- This Pattern pleas'd thee ſo, th' haſt fram'd by it,
Forms of watch-birth
| plural | watch-births |
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Origin of watch-birth
From watch + birth.
Questions about watch-birth
- What does watch-birth mean?
- Watch-birth means a midwife.
- What part of speech is watch-birth?
- Watch-birth is a noun.
- What is the plural of watch-birth?
- The plural of watch-birth is watch-births.
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