Hypertext Webster Gateway: "birthing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birthing \Birth"ing\, n. (Naut.)
Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. --Bailey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
birthing
adj : having to do with birth; "a birthing center"; "birthing
counselor"; "a lying-in hospital" [syn: {lying-in}]
n : the process of giving birth [syn: {parturition}, {birth}, {giving
birth}]
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