SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it. The sarcophagus known to modern obsequiographers is commonly a product of the carpenter's art. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it. The sarcophagus known to modern obsequiographers is commonly a product of the carpenter's art."

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Among	Body	Carnivorous	Carpenters
Certain	Coffin	Commonly	Devouring
Greeks	Kind	Made	Modern
Obsequiographers	Peculiar	Placed	Product
Property	Sarcophagus	Stone

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