The Collaborative International Dictionary
Firstling \First"ling\, a. Firstborn.
All the firstling males.
--Deut. xv.
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Firstling \First"ling\ (f[~e]rst"l[i^]ng), n. [First + -ling.]
The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.
--Milton.-
The thing first thought or done.
The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
a. firstborn. n. 1 The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring. 2 The first of a class or kind. 3 The thing first thought or done.
Usage examples of "firstling".
The Firstling wondered why anybody would keep so unprepossessing a creature.
In sudden realization, the Firstling asked him, "Don't you like lucks?
Evidently Commissioner Desai didn't wish to inspire imitations, nor make a hero figure out of the Firstling of Ilion.
The man opened the back door, and inside the body of the vehicle were the Ythrian and the Firstling of Ilion.
As the car moved downward toward an Arena that had become a bulk of blackness studded with a few lights, the Firstling spoke.
He let fly with his arrow forthwith, but he did not promise hecatombs of firstling lambs to King Apollo, and missed his bird, for Apollo foiled his aim.
Meriones, who had his arrow ready while Teucer was aiming, snatched the bow out of his hand, and at once promised that he would sacrifice a hecatomb of firstling lambs to Apollo lord of the bow.
He laid the arrow on the string and prayed to Lycian Apollo, the famous archer, vowing that when he got home to his strong city of Zelea he would offer a hecatomb of firstling lambs in his honour.
Thy firstling will know the talk of all animals, thy second-born the cry of gold in the earth—hither, then, swiftly, for I’m cold, I’m cold.