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Definition of heir
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Heir (v. t.) To
inherit;
to
succeed
to.
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Relief
::
Relief
(n.) A fine or
composition
which the heir of a
deceased
tenant
paid to the lord for the
privilege
of
taking
up the
estate,
which,
on
strict
feudal
principles,
had
lapsed
or
fallen
to the lord on the death of the
tenant..
Escheat
::
Escheat
(n.) The
falling
back or
reversion
of
lands,
by some
casualty
or
accident,
to the lord of the fee, in
consequence
of the
extinction
of the blood of the
tenant,
which may
happen
by his dying
without
heirs,
and
formerly
might
happen
by
corruption
of
blood,
that is, by
reason
of a
felony
or
attainder..
Trichina
::
Trichina
(n.) A
small,
slender
nematoid
worm
(Trichina
spiralis)
which,
in the
larval
state,
is
parasitic,
often in
immense
numbers,
in the
voluntary
muscles
of man, the hog, and many other
animals.
When
insufficiently
cooked
meat
containing
the
larvae
is
swallowed
by man, they are
liberated
and
rapidly
become
adult,
pair, and the
ovoviviparous
females
produce
in a short time large
numbers
of young which find their way into the
muscles,
either
directly,
or
indirectly
by means of the
blood.
Their
Marsupium
::
Marsupium
(n.) The
pouch,
formed
by a fold of the skin of the
abdomen,
in which
marsupials
carry their
young;
also, a pouch for
similar
use in other
animals,
as
certain
Crustacea..
Mantis
::
Mantis
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
voracious
orthopterous
insects
of the genus
Mantis,
and
allied
genera.
They are
remarkable
for their
slender
grotesque
forms,
and for
holding
their stout
anterior
legs in a
manner
suggesting
hands
folded
in
prayer.
The
common
American
species
is M.
Carolina..
Tautomerism
::
Tautomerism
(n.) The
condition,
quality,
or
relation
of
metameric
substances,
or their
respective
derivatives,
which are more or less
interchangeable,
according
as one form or the other is the more
stable.
It is a
special
case of
metamerism;
thus, the
lactam
and the
lactim
compounds
exhibit
tautomerism..
Scavage
::
Scavage
(n.) A toll or duty
formerly
exacted
of
merchant
strangers
by
mayors,
sheriffs,
etc., for goods shown or
offered
for sale
within
their
precincts..
Sight
::
Sight (v. t.) A small
aperture
through
which
objects
are to be seen, and by which their
direction
is
settled
or
ascertained;
as, the sight of a
quadrant..
Noctograph
::
Noctograph
(n.) An
instrument
or
register
which
records
the
presence
of
watchmen
on their
beats.
Tachina
::
Tachina
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
Diptera
belonging
to
Tachina
and
allied
genera.
Their
larvae
are
external
parasites
of other
insects.
Fasces
::
Fasces
(pl.) A
bundle
of rods,
having
among them an ax with the blade
projecting,
borne
before
the Roman
magistrates
as a badge of their
authority..
Bloodflower
::
Bloodflower
(n.) A genus of
bulbous
plants,
natives
of
Southern
Africa,
named
Haemanthus,
of the
Amaryllis
family.
The juice of H.
toxicarius
is used by the
Hottentots
to
poison
their
arrows..
Wireworm
::
Wireworm
(n.) One of the
larvae
of
various
species
of
snapping
beetles,
or
elaters;
-- so
called
from their
slenderness
and the
uncommon
hardness
of the
integument.
Wireworms
are
sometimes
very
destructive
to the roots of
plants.
Called
also wire
grub..
Kitcat
::
Kitcat
(n.) A game
played
by
striking
with a stick small piece of wood,
called
a cat,
shaped
like two cones
united
at their
bases;
tipcat..
Imperator
::
Imperator
(n.) A
commander;
a
leader;
an
emperor;
--
originally
an
appellation
of honor by which Roman
soldiers
saluted
their
general
after an
important
victory.
Subsequently
the title was
conferred
as a
recognition
of great
military
achievements
by the
senate,
whence
it
carried
wiht it some
special
privileges.
After the
downfall
of the
Republic
it was
assumed
by
Augustus
and his
successors,
and came to have the
meaning
now
attached
to the word
emperor..
Taborite
::
Taborite
(n.) One of
certain
Bohemian
reformers
who
suffered
persecution
in the
fifteenth
century;
-- so
called
from
Tabor,
a hill or
fortress
where they
encamped
during
a part of their
struggles..
English
::
English
(n.) The
language
of
England
or of the
English
nation,
and of their
descendants
in
America,
India,
and other
countries..
Nutrition
::
Nutrition
(n.) In a more
limited
sense,
the
process
by which the
living
tissues
take up, from the
blood,
matters
necessary
either
for their
repair
or for the
performance
of their
healthy
functions..
Brief
::
Brief (n.) A writ
issuing
from the
chancery,
directed
to any judge
ordinary,
commanding
and
authorizing
that judge to call a jury to
inquire
into the case, and upon their
verdict
to
pronounce
sentence..
Scion
::
Scion (n.)
Hence,
a
descendant;
an heir; as, a scion of a royal
stock..
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