The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; - generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
See Berth.
A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything; as, in order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.
A small horizontal brace or girder.
To bind as with a girth.
