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n. A child.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A child; a son or daughter. See barn.
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n. a child: son or daughter
Word Usage
"She heard herself remonstrating, "Sir, ye canna force your ain bairn, to make her meeserable," and the response, "What the deevil have you to do with it, if I make her meeserable or no?""