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(chld"hd), n.[AS. cildhd; cild child + -hd. See Child, and -hood.] 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. 1 Sam. xii. 2. 2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir W. Scott. 3. The commencement; the first period. The childhood of our joy. Shak. Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age. スポンサード リンク
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