A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
A falling upon or invasion.
A sloping passage or incline.
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
A way down.