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Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..

Godfather :: Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction..

Cockney :: Cockney (n.) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.

Infantine :: Infantine (a.) Infantile; childish.

Elder :: Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc..

Porringer :: Porringer (n.) A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer..

Dotard :: Dotard (v. i.) One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.

Puerilely :: Puerilely (adv.) In a puerile manner; childishly.

Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Having no race or kindred; childless.

Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..

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

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity..

Story-telling :: Story-teller (n.) A euphemism or child's word fo.

Dib :: Dib (n.) A child's game, played with dib bones..

Issueless :: Issueless (a.) Having no issue or progeny; childless.

Slide :: Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..

Tig :: Tig (n.) A game among children. See Tag.

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl..

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

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