Definition of descent

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Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

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Blood :: Blood (n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage..
Descent :: Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.
Habitant :: Habitant (v. t.) An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural..
Gens :: Gens (a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem..
Eurasian :: Eurasian (a.) Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain..
Lockage :: Lockage (n.) Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.
Peristerite :: Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck..
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..
Purchaser :: Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance..
Pavonine :: Pavonine (a.) Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent..
Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.
Extract :: Extract (n.) Extraction; descent.
Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Boer :: Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir..
Descent :: Descent (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
Waterfall :: Waterfall (n.) A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract..
Glowlamp :: Glowlamp (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a..
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