by-blows in English

noun
1
a side-blow not at the main target.
On the accursed spot where a house was burnt down, they never build a new one; if, in laying the ground-beam, a single spark is kindled by a by-blow , it foretells a new fire, and they look out another place to build on.
2
a man's illegitimate child.
The second hypothesis, which is more plausible, is that Helen is illegitimate - one of her debauched father's by-blows .
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1. People are more convinced by words than by blows. 

2. Beating The act of striking blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

3. 14 People are more convinced by words than by blows. 

4. Beaten (comparative more Beaten, superlative most Beaten) defeated; repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows a Beaten path; Beaten gold; the Beaten victims of the attack (cooking, of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement trite; hackneyed; Derived terms

5. Battered: 1 adj damaged by blows or hard usage “a Battered old car” Synonyms: beat-up , beaten-up damaged harmed or injured or spoiled adj damaged especially by hard usage “his Battered old hat” Synonyms: worn affected by wear; damaged by long use adj exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury “a Battered child”