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Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer..

Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

Jinny Road :: "Jinny road () An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones..

Yankee :: Yankee (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate..

Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France..

Parcenary :: Parcenary (n.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

Cushite :: Cushite (n.) A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah..

Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other..

Run :: Run (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold..

Descendant :: Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant..

Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring..

Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns..

Avale :: Avale (v. t. & i.) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.

Milesian :: Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish..

Light :: Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect..

Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

Water :: Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc..

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