procreant
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No jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle.
From Voices for the Speechless by Abraham Firth
No jutty frieze, Buttrice, nor coigne of 'vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
But he proved procreant and reared a goodly brood of sons and daughters—all much like himself, save one, the youngest son.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard
Poetry had with them "neither buttress nor coigne of vantage to make its pendant bed and procreant cradle."
From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Alfred Rayney Waller
This wonderful procreant cradle, an elegant instance of the efforts of instinct, was found in a wheat-field, suspended in the head of a thistle.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
