LEGACY
ADJECTIVES
► LEGABLE bequeathed by legacy → 1721
NOUNS
► DAB a small legacy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAB IN THE FIST, A a small legacy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAB IN THE HAND, A a small legacy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DILIP a legacy → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► LECK a windfall; a legacy → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LEGATE a legacy or bequest → 1447 obs.
► LEGATION a gift by will; a legacy → 1586 obs.
► QUETHE-WORD a legacy, bequest → 1481 obs.
► QUIDE a will, legacy, bequest → 950 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LEGACY-HUNTER one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy → 1693
► LEGACY-MONGER one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy → 1647
► LEGATARY one to whom a bequest is left; a legatee → 1542
► LEGATEE a person to whom a legacy has been bequeathed → 1679
VERBS
► LEGACY to give or leave as a legacy; to bequeath a legacy to → 1546 obs.
► LEGATEE to hand over to a legatee, to transfer by will → 1797 obs.
► WAIT FOR DEAD MEN’S SHOES to look forward to an inheritance; to live in expectation of a legacy or other advantage from a man’s death → 1546
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