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- 321. Ambrose Bierce: SANDLOTTER, n. A vertebrate mammal holding the political views of Denis Kearney, ...

- 322. Ambrose Bierce: SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and folli ...

- 323. Ambrose Bierce: SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authen ...

- 324. Ambrose Bierce: SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

- 325. Ambrose Bierce: SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. ...

- 326. Ambrose Bierce: STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following ...

- 327. Ambrose Bierce: SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be co ...

- 328. Ambrose Bierce: SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and ...

- 329. Ambrose Bierce: SYMBOLIC, adj. Pertaining to symbols and the use and interpretation of symbols.
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- 330. Ambrose Bierce: TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitati ...

- 331. Ambrose Bierce: TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic produce ...

- 332. Ambrose Bierce: TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of ...

- 333. Ambrose Bierce: TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested wit ...

- 334. Ambrose Bierce: TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirel ...

- 335. Ambrose Bierce: TROGLODYTE, n. Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the ...

- 336. Ambrose Bierce: ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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- 337. Ambrose Bierce: UNCTION, n. An oiling, or greasing. The rite of extreme unction consists in touc ...

- 338. Ambrose Bierce: URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in al ...

- 339. Ambrose Bierce: WEREWOLF, n. A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of ...

- 340. Ambrose Bierce: WORMS'-MEAT, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The conte ...

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