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- 21. Ambrose Bierce: DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two enemies. Gre ...

- 22. Ambrose Bierce: EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of masticatio ...

- 23. Ambrose Bierce: FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the ...

- 24. Ambrose Bierce: GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading a ...

- 25. Ambrose Bierce: HANGMAN, n. An officer of the law charged with duties of the highest dignity and ...

- 26. Ambrose Bierce: ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are imperfectly gratif ...

- 27. Ambrose Bierce: IMPOSITION, n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on of hands -- ...

- 28. Ambrose Bierce: INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over a ...

- 29. Ambrose Bierce: KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to ...

- 30. Ambrose Bierce: OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no s ...

- 31. Ambrose Bierce: OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence tha ...

- 32. Ambrose Bierce: PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In ...

- 33. Ambrose Bierce: REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.
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- 34. Ambrose Bierce: RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, ...

- 35. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inh ...

- 36. Ambrose Bierce: SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious. The rite w ...

- 37. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...

- 38. Ambrose Bierce: SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade ...

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

- 40. Ambrose Bierce: UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a hous ...

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