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O :: O' () A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol..

English :: English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries..

Avale :: Avale (v. t. & i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..

Daughter :: Daughter (n.) A female descendant; a woman.

Hereditament :: Hereditament (n.) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir..

Wince :: Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will..

Parcener :: Parcener (n.) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate..

Crown :: Crown (n.) The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To descend; to light.

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant..

Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Scion :: Scion (n.) Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock..

Descent :: Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.

Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..

Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Descendibility :: Descendibility (n.) The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate..

White-face :: White-face (n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze..

Copts :: Copts (n. pl.) An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..

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