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Webster 1913 Edition

Heirloom

Heir′loomˊ

,
Noun.
[
Heir
+
loom
, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See
Loom
the frame.]
Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.
Woe to him whose daring hand profanes
The honored
heirlooms
of his ancestors.
Moir.

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