[f. KID sb.1 Cf. Norw. kia (= *kida).] a. trans. To give birth to (a kid). b. intr. To bring forth a kid or kids. Hence Kidding vbl. sb. Also attrib.
c. 1400. Master of Game, iv. (MS. Digby 182). Þan þe femell [the doe] … goþe to kydde hir kiddes fer þens. Ibid. Men shulde leue hem þe femels … into þe tyme þat þei haue kiddede.
1528. Paynel, Salerne’s Regim., G ij. Mylke of a gootte, nat to nere kyddynge tyme … shulde be chosen.
1611. Cotgr., Chevreter, to kid, or bring forth yong kids. Ibid., Chevreté, kidded, fallen as a young kid.
1614. Markham, Cheap Husb., IV. v. (1668), 98. Goats above all other cattle are troubled with hardness in kidding.
1756. Phil. Trans., XLIX. 802. They found the goat was kidding by its cries.
1842. Marryat, Masterman Ready, II. 72. He had brought with him the other goat, which had kidded during the storm.
