The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as the birth of a son.

Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth. It is used of high or low extraction; but is often used by way of distinction for a descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors; as a man of birth.

The condition in which a person is born. A foe by birth to Troy.

That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

In a theological sense, regeneration is called the new birth.

Origin; beginning; as the birth of an empire.

A station in which a ship rider.