Bairn-time
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Offspring; the group of all offspring. obsolete
"And thus they have thought , that when a Family or Bairn-time incline to a Conſumption (which being a diſeaſe hereditary runs much in a blood) in that caſe it is good that they part Company, and live at a diſtance one from another, for that the diſeaſe is ſtrengthned by their ſocial conversation."
Example
More examples"And thus they have thought , that when a Family or Bairn-time incline to a Conſumption (which being a diſeaſe hereditary runs much in a blood) in that caſe it is good that they part Company, and live at a diſtance one from another, for that the diſeaſe is ſtrengthned by their ſocial conversation."
Etymology
From Scots bairntime, from Middle English barntem, from Old English bearntēam. Influenced by time.
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