The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.
Shak.
First"ling, a. Firstborn.
All the firstling males.
Deut. xv. 19.
First"ly, adv. In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes
improperly used for first.
First"-rate` (?), a. Of the highest excellence; preÎminent in quality,
size, or estimation.
Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.