by-blow

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

by-blow(n = noun.person) bastard, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents; Array

is a kind of issue, offspring, progeny

by-blow, n.

A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow. [1913 Webster]
"With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces." [1913 Webster]
An illegitimate child; a bastard. [1913 Webster]
"The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the present Padre Ottomano." [1913 Webster]

by-blow, n.
1 a side-blow not at the main target.
2 an illegitimate child.

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