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- 181. Ambrose Bierce: FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane liter ...
- 182. Ambrose Bierce: GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading a ...
- 183. Ambrose Bierce: GARGOYLE, n. A rain-spout projecting from the eaves of mediaeval buildings, comm ...
- 184. Ambrose Bierce: GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied ...
- 185. Ambrose Bierce: GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia ...
- 186. Ambrose Bierce: GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process ...
- 187. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 188. Ambrose Bierce: HEATHEN, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he ...
- 189. Ambrose Bierce: HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
- 190. Ambrose Bierce: HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to ill ...
- 191. Ambrose Bierce: HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of ...
- 192. Ambrose Bierce: HOUSE, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte ...
- 193. Ambrose Bierce: I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language, the first ...
- 194. Ambrose Bierce: IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to ...
- 195. Ambrose Bierce: IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another ...
- 196. Ambrose Bierce: IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in t ...
- 197. Ambrose Bierce: IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espous ...
- 198. Ambrose Bierce: INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of test ...
- 199. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 200. Ambrose Bierce: INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the com ...
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