First"ling (?), n. [First + -ling.]

1.

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

Milton.

2.

The thing first thought or done.

The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.


First"ling, a.

Firstborn.

All the firstling males. Deut. xv. 19.

 

© Webster 1913.

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