watch-births
watch-births is the plural of watch-birth.
Meaning of watch-birth
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,
Questions about watch-births
- What is watch-births the plural of?
- Watch-births is the plural of watch-birth.
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