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noun

Firstling n.

The first produce or offspring; said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.

The thing first thought or done. "The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand."

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Etymology of 'Firstling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Firstling" Quotes from Famous Books

... thoughtful youth, I went With Israel's early banishment; And where the sullen Chebar crept, The ritual of my fathers kept. The water for the trench I drew, The firstling of the flock I slew, And, standing at the altar's side, I shared the Levites' lingering pride, That still, amidst her mocking foes, The smoke of Zion's ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

... which God wrought for Israel when he slew the first-born of Egypt, for a sign he claimed, as consecrated to himself, all the first-born of their males, "Thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's." "And it shall be for a token upon thine hands, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt."[710] ...

— The Ordinance of Covenanting • John Cunningham

... no, not even when life was new, and life and hope were young, And o'er the firstling of my flock with raptured gaze I hung, Did I feel the glow that thrills me now, the yearnings fond and deep, That stir my bosom's inmost strings as I watch thy ...

— Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters - Volume 3 • Various