First-born, first produced, eldest: Sonn. 21, 7 LLL I, 1, 101. As I, 1, 50. H4B I, 1, 157. Tit. I, 5 Tit. I, 5 IV, 2, 92. “I'll rail against all the f. of Egypt,” As II, 5, 63 (Johnson and after him other commentators say that this expression means high-born persons; but perhaps it means such persons as may be railed at with impunity; cf. Exodus XI, 5 and 6).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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