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mwld noun sg. emphatic
1 birth Com.
2 production Syr.
3 delivery (birth as a process) CPA, Sam, Man.
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--(a) metaph.: child Sam.
4 (astron.) the first appearance of a heavenly body JPAEpig, Syr.
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--(a) new moon conjunction, i.e., the beginning of a lunar month JPAEpig, Syr, LJLA.
--(b) new year (technically, the first appearance of Sirius) Syr.