Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROG'E-NY
PROG'E-NY, n. [It. progenie; L. progenies, from progignor.]
Offspring; race; children; descendant of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; as, the progeny of a king; the progeny of Adam; the progeny of beasts or fowls; a word of general application.
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