2. The thing first thought or done. The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak.
FIRSTLING
First"ling, a.
Defn: Firstborn.
All the firstling males. Deut. xv. 19.
FIRSTLY
First"ly, adv.
Defn: In the first place; before anything else; — sometimes improperly used for first.
FIRST-RATE
First"-rate`, a.
Defn: Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or
estimation.
Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M.
Arnold.
Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd).
FIRST-RATE
First"-rate`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
FIRTH
Firth, n. Etym: [Scot. See Frith.] (geog.)