20587 Quotations with Ther.
- 1381. Ambrose Bierce: SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and ax ...

- 1382. Ambrose Bierce: SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So call ...

- 1383. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.
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- 1384. Ambrose Bierce: SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious. The rite w ...

- 1385. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...

- 1386. Ambrose Bierce: SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the ...

- 1387. Ambrose Bierce: SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authen ...

- 1388. Ambrose Bierce: SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

- 1389. Ambrose Bierce: SEVERALTY, n. Separateness, as, lands in severalty, i.e., lands held individuall ...

- 1390. Ambrose Bierce: SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most chara ...

- 1391. Ambrose Bierce: SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. ...

- 1392. Ambrose Bierce: SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenome ...

- 1393. Ambrose Bierce: STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following ...

- 1394. Ambrose Bierce: SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. In literature, and p ...

- 1395. Ambrose Bierce: SUFFRAGE, n. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage ( ...

- 1396. Ambrose Bierce: SYMBOLIC, adj. Pertaining to symbols and the use and interpretation of symbols.
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- 1397. Ambrose Bierce: TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irr ...

- 1398. Ambrose Bierce: TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic produce ...

- 1399. Ambrose Bierce: TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in h ...

- 1400. Ambrose Bierce: TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful der ...

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