by-blow

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort.
 * 2)  An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.
 * 3) * c. 1892, Herman Melville, "Billy Budd, Foretopman" (novella), in Herman Melville: Selected Tales and Poems, Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1950), p. 298,
 * Yes, Billy was a foundling, a presumable bye-blow, and, evidently, no ignoble one.
 * 1) * c. 1892, Herman Melville, "Billy Budd, Foretopman" (novella), in Herman Melville: Selected Tales and Poems, Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1950), p. 298,
 * Yes, Billy was a foundling, a presumable bye-blow, and, evidently, no ignoble one.
 * Yes, Billy was a foundling, a presumable bye-blow, and, evidently, no ignoble one.

Synonyms

 * , see also Thesaurus:bastard

Translations

 * Russian: у́дар сбо́ку, случа́йный уда́р


 * Russian: незаконноро́жденный ребёнок, внебра́чный ребёнок