1679 Quotations with Fact.
- 101. Ambrose Bierce: LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that ...
- 102. Ambrose Bierce: LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - ...
- 103. Ambrose Bierce: LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws ...
- 104. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 105. Ambrose Bierce: MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
- 106. Ambrose Bierce: MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made ...
- 107. Ambrose Bierce: MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity c ...
- 108. Ambrose Bierce: NEGRO, n. The _piece de resistance_ in the American political problem. Represent ...
- 109. Ambrose Bierce: PALM, n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itch ...
- 110. Ambrose Bierce: PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of ant ...
- 111. Ambrose Bierce: PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
- 112. Ambrose Bierce: PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by per ...
- 113. Ambrose Bierce: RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a s ...
- 114. Ambrose Bierce: REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.
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- 115. Ambrose Bierce: REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satis ...
- 116. Ambrose Bierce: RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.
- 117. Ambrose Bierce: SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the wo ...
- 118. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familia ...
- 119. Ambrose Bierce: SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious. The rite w ...
- 120. Ambrose Bierce: SOPHISTRY, n. The controversial method of an opponent, distinguished from one's ...
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