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A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

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  1. n. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
  2. n. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
  3. n. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
  4. 1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow. With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces. Bunyan. 2. An illegitimate child; a bastard. The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the present Padre Ottomano. Evelyn.
  5. n the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents