Ancestry: alternatives and connections

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a…

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The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Alt. of Folks

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Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

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A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

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A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

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The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succ…

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The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

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Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

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The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.

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Flax; linen.

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Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble par…

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A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

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One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.

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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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