a first draught or design of any thing, which serves as a model to be imitated or copied.

Original Sin, the crime of eating the forbidden fruit, of which, it is said, all mankind are guilty at their conception, by the imputation of Adam's transgression; which is accounted for by supposing, that Adam, as he was to be the father, was also the federal head and representative, of the whole human race; and that, on his finning, all that were to spring from him partook of his crimes. See THEOLOGY, &c.