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He had, in mountain parlance, "heired" a farm of four hundred acres, but a boy of twelve can hardly operate a farm, even if he be so stalwart a boy as Samson.
The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904
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Demetrius heired a kingdom already won for him by Antigonus, the most powerful of the Successors, who, before Demetrius grew to be a man, traversed with his armies and subdued the greater part of
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Oh, no, after it begin to be heired out, you wasn't really held to being a farmer.
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Way he come by me was dat he married in the Ward family and heired him and my mother too.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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W'en I wuz heired ter Missis Synthis, I wuked in de fiel's 'til she started ter raise chillens en den I wuz kep in de house ter see atter dem.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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Mah fust marster en missis wuz Amos en Sophia Holland en he made a will dat we slaves wuz all ter be kep 'among de fam'ly en I wuz heired fum one fam'ly ter' nother.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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The mountaineer reasons -- I've heard them frequently in court -- that the land is his, that he "heired it from his Pa, same as him from hisn," that he plants him some bread without no tax.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
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He heired an annuity from an uncle o 'his on his mother's side.
The Great Expedition 1910
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"Having heired the old girl's domain, I hope you won't consider it necessary to heir her -- er -- prejudices," he remarked hopefully.
A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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"I've done heired me a small piece of property from an uncle, way acrost ther Verginny line, an 'I've got ter fare over thar an' sign some papers or do somethin 'ter thet amount."
A Pagan of the Hills Charles Neville Buck 1904
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