1863 Quotations with Pear.
- 121. Ambrose Bierce: GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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- 122. Ambrose Bierce: GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The ...
- 123. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 124. Ambrose Bierce: HAG, n. An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, ...
- 125. Ambrose Bierce: HALO, n. Properly, a luminous ring encircling an astronomical body, but not infr ...
- 126. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...
- 127. Ambrose Bierce: HEAD-MONEY, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax.
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- 128. Ambrose Bierce: HEART, n. An automatic, muscular blood-pump. Figuratively, this useful organ is ...
- 129. Ambrose Bierce: ICHOR, n. A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of blood.
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- 130. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 131. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 132. Ambrose Bierce: LAW, n.
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- 133. Ambrose Bierce: LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word ...
- 134. Ambrose Bierce: LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some p ...
- 135. Ambrose Bierce: LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermong ...
- 136. Ambrose Bierce: NEGRO, n. The _piece de resistance_ in the American political problem. Represent ...
- 137. Ambrose Bierce: NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that great conqu ...
- 138. Ambrose Bierce: PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblan ...
- 139. Ambrose Bierce: PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of ...
- 140. Ambrose Bierce: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these dispu ...
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