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- 401. Ambrose Bierce: PORTABLE, adj. Exposed to a mutable ownership through vicissitudes of possession ... 

 - 402. Ambrose Bierce: PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absenc ... 

 - 403. Ambrose Bierce: PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that --
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 - 404. Ambrose Bierce: PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by per ... 

 - 405. Ambrose Bierce: RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.
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 - 406. Ambrose Bierce: RAZOR, n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty, by the Mong ... 

 - 407. Ambrose Bierce: RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from w ... 

 - 408. Ambrose Bierce: RESPOND, v.i. To make answer, or disclose otherwise a consciousness of having in ... 

 - 409. Ambrose Bierce: SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the wo ... 

 - 410. Ambrose Bierce: SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and ax ... 

 - 411. Ambrose Bierce: SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So call ... 

 - 412. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.
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 - 413. Ambrose Bierce: SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation.  ... 

 - 414. Ambrose Bierce: SYMBOL, n. Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Man ... 

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

 - 416. Ambrose Bierce: TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the followin ... 

 - 417. Ambrose Bierce: VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.
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 - 418. Ambrose Bierce: VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himsel ... 

 - 419. Ambrose Bierce: WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can with some difficulty b ... 

 - 420. Unknown: A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you leas ... 

 
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