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Down :: Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well..

Shemitish :: Shemitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic..

Adamite :: Adamite (n.) A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Seid :: Seid (n.) A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.

Levite :: Levite (n.) One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc..

Lineage :: Lineage (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Vest :: Vest (v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.

Occasive :: Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

Line :: Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel..

Frank-marriage :: Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten..

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

Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..

Branch :: Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family..

Consanguineous :: Consanguineous (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

Stole :: Stola (n.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women..

Descendingly :: Descendingly (adv.) In a descending manner.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..

Dismount :: Dismount (v. i.) To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted..

Swap :: Swap (v. t.) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.

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