By-blow: alternatives and connections

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By-blow

A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offspring 76% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Progeny 76% connected

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

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Bastard 92% connected

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Illegitimate 92% connected

Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whoreson 92% connected

A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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