1568 Quotations with Rose.
- 281. Ambrose Bierce: FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider t ...
- 282. Ambrose Bierce: FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their ...
- 283. Ambrose Bierce: FORK, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into ...
- 284. Ambrose Bierce: FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person -- a method by which a ...
- 285. Ambrose Bierce: FRANKALMOIGNE, n. The tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands on con ...
- 286. Ambrose Bierce: FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of ...
- 287. Ambrose Bierce: FREEDOM, n. Exemption from the stress of authority in a beggarly half dozen of r ...
- 288. Ambrose Bierce: FREEMASONS, n. An order with secret rites, grotesque ceremonies and fantastic co ...
- 289. Ambrose Bierce: FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to u ...
- 290. Ambrose Bierce: FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in f ...
- 291. Ambrose Bierce: FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane liter ...
- 292. Ambrose Bierce: FRYING-PAN, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institu ...
- 293. Ambrose Bierce: FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching th ...
- 294. Ambrose Bierce: GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading a ...
- 295. Ambrose Bierce: GARGOYLE, n. A rain-spout projecting from the eaves of mediaeval buildings, comm ...
- 296. Ambrose Bierce: GARTHER, n. An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stoc ...
- 297. Ambrose Bierce: GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied ...
- 298. Ambrose Bierce: GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particula ...
- 299. Ambrose Bierce: GENTEEL, adj. Refined, after the fashion of a gent.
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- 300. Ambrose Bierce: GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outsid ...
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