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- 221. Ambrose Bierce: INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unl ...
- 222. Ambrose Bierce: IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigator ...
- 223. Ambrose Bierce: INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kin ...
- 224. Ambrose Bierce: INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitte ...
- 225. Ambrose Bierce: KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although h ...
- 226. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 227. Ambrose Bierce: LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily app ...
- 228. Ambrose Bierce: LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws ...
- 229. Ambrose Bierce: LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
- 230. Ambrose Bierce: LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man ...
- 231. Ambrose Bierce: LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, ...
- 232. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 233. Ambrose Bierce: MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it ...
- 234. Ambrose Bierce: MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
- 235. Ambrose Bierce: MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
- 236. Ambrose Bierce: MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. Bu ...
- 237. Ambrose Bierce: NOVEL, n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relati ...
- 238. Ambrose Bierce: OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which ...
- 239. Ambrose Bierce: OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running a ...
- 240. Ambrose Bierce: PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious succes ...
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