love child

A euphemism common for a child born out of wedlock. *love-day, 8. 1. A day appointed for the settlement of quarrels and differences. "Come, if the emperor's court can feast two brides, You are my guest, Lavinia, and your friends: This day shall be a love - day , Tamora." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, i. 2. 2. A day when one neighbor helps another without hire. ( Wharton .) love-ditty, s. A song of love. "The stock-dove unalarm'd Sits cooing in the pine-tree, nor suspends His long love - ditty for my near approach." Cowper : Task , vi. 309. *love-drink, *love-drinke, s . A love-charm, a philter (q. v.).