Firstling

Origin

From first + -ling.

Full definition of firstling

Noun

1. The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
• Authorized Version, Genesis 4:4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
2. The first of a class or kind.
3. The thing first thought or done.
• 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Sc. 1:From this moment the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.

Adjective

1. Firstborn.
• Authorized Version, Deuteronomy 15:19All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.