Lying-in \Ly"ing-in"\, n.
1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth;
confinement; as, a lying-in hospital.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of bearing a child.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lying-in
n : concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
[syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, travail,
childbed]
[also: lyings-in (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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