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Dad :: Dad (n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top..

Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home..

Tote :: Tote (v. t.) To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes..

Idolize :: Idolize (v. t.) To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero..

Sing :: Sing (v. t.) To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep..

Sandman :: Sandman (n.) A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them..

Childship :: Childship (n.) The state or relation of being a child.

Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father..

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs..

Babish :: Babish (a.) Like a babe; a childish; babyish.

Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..

Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..

Unwonted :: Unwonted (a.) Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers..

Legitim :: Legitim (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

Snivel :: Snivel (v. i.) To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly..

Reckling :: Reckling (n.) A weak child or animal.

Childbearing :: Childbearing (n.) The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.

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