handing down

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• handing down a legacy — passing down a legacy from one generation to another; giving property to another via a will …   English contemporary dictionary

• Handing — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Handing}.] 1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter. [1913 Webster] 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hand down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hand down : present tense I/you/we/they hand down he/she/it hands down present participle handing down past tense handed down past participle handed down 1) to give knowledge or skill to someone who is younger …   English dictionary

• hand down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hand down something such as knowledge, a possession, or a skill, you give or leave it to people who belong to a younger generation. [V P n (not pron)] The idea of handing down his knowledge from generation to generation is… …   English dictionary

• New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol — The New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, commonly known as the Muller Homes, were an orphanage in the district of Ashley Down, in the north of Bristol. They were built between 1849 and 1870 by the Prussian evangelist George Müller to show the world… …   Wikipedia

• Tie Your Mother Down — Single by Queen from the album A Day at the Races …   Wikipedia

• hand down (something) — 1. to give something to a younger member of a family. Fewer and fewer small farms are handed down from one generation to the next. My grandfather handed his toy trains down to my father. Usage notes: sometimes said about people who are not… …   New idioms dictionary

• To hand down — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Handing}.] 1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter. [1913 Webster] 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tradition — traditionless, adj. /treuh dish euhn/, n. 1. the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, esp. by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition …   Universalium

• tradition — /trəˈdɪʃən / (say truh dishuhn) noun 1. the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition. 2. that… …  

• Matriname — Matrilineal surnames are inherited or handed down from mother to daughter (to daughter) in matrilineal cultures, and this line of descent or mother line is called a matriline. For clarity and brevity, the scientific term matrilineal surname will… …   Wikipedia