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n. [ AS. cildhād; cild child + -hād. See Child, and -hood. ]
I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
The childhood of our joy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Second childhood,
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n. The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Guildhall. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]