procreant
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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
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, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
Cf. 'no jutty, frieze, buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle.'
From Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott
And then most birds will sooner or later betray the presence of their nests, but the Kentucky warblers seldom do so, knowing too well how to keep their procreant secrets.
From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
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
