2629 Quotations with Form.
- 161. Ambrose Bierce: FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane liter ...
- 162. Ambrose Bierce: GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading a ...
- 163. Ambrose Bierce: GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust -- to which, doubtless, will be add ...
- 164. Ambrose Bierce: GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The ...
- 165. Ambrose Bierce: GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the e ...
- 166. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...
- 167. Ambrose Bierce: HANGMAN, n. An officer of the law charged with duties of the highest dignity and ...
- 168. Ambrose Bierce: HIBERNATE, v.i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been ...
- 169. Ambrose Bierce: ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are imperfectly gratif ...
- 170. Ambrose Bierce: IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in t ...
- 171. Ambrose Bierce: IMPOSITION, n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on of hands -- ...
- 172. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 173. Ambrose Bierce: INCUBUS, n. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not who ...
- 174. Ambrose Bierce: IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigator ...
- 175. Ambrose Bierce: INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over a ...
- 176. Ambrose Bierce: J is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel -- than which no ...
- 177. Ambrose Bierce: JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it ...
- 178. Ambrose Bierce: K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back bey ...
- 179. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 180. Ambrose Bierce: KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to ...
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