Definitions for lying-in

lying-in ly·ing-in

Spelling: [lahy-ing-in]
IPA: /ˈlaɪ ɪŋˈɪn/

Lying-In is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in lying-in (-giilnny).

Definitions for lying-in

noun

  1. the state of being in childbed; confinement.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth:

Origin of lying-in

First recorded in 1400-50, lying-in is from the late Middle English word lyynge in. See lie2, -ing1, i

Examples for lying-in

The man then went away, and left him with the lying-in woman.

The father took her in his arms and carried her into the lying-in room.

There she betook herself with her child as soon as the days of her lying-in were over.

It is eight weeks since her lying-in, and she cannot yet stand upon her feet.

The number of the pregnancy affects the danger to be expected from lying-in.

It was then for the first time since her lying-in that the old mother came to her.

He took him then to the apartment of the lying-in woman, that he might view the child.

It was wrong, she told Aaron, for an Amishwoman to have heathen midwives at her lying-in.

The duration of labor also influences the mortality of lying-in.

A lying-in Hospital is one of the appendages of this establishment.

Word Value for lying-in
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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