eldest (eldest)

superl. [ Then he (the king of Moab] took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. 2 Ki. iii. 27. O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murther! Eldest hand. See hand. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 3.