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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heirloom \Heir"loom`\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heirloom n 1: (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance 2: something that has been in a family for generations
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