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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lying-in

· Ly·ing-in · IPA
01 n. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement; as, a lying-in hospital.
  1. 1.
    The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement; as, a lying-in hospital.
  2. 2.
    The act of bearing a child.