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- 41. Ambrose Bierce: APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to t ...
- 42. Ambrose Bierce: CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, th ...
- 43. Ambrose Bierce: DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided i ...
- 44. Ambrose Bierce: FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider t ...
- 45. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 46. Ambrose Bierce: HADES, n. The lower world; the residence of departed spirits; the place where th ...
- 47. Ambrose Bierce: HALF, n. One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided, or considered ...
- 48. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...
- 49. Ambrose Bierce: HEAD-MONEY, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax.
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- 50. Ambrose Bierce: IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morro ...
- 51. Ambrose Bierce: INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of test ...
- 52. Ambrose Bierce: INSECTIVORA, n.
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- 53. Ambrose Bierce: INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutu ...
- 54. Ambrose Bierce: INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification o ...
- 55. Ambrose Bierce: LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity ...
- 56. Ambrose Bierce: LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliate ...
- 57. Ambrose Bierce: LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. ...
- 58. Ambrose Bierce: MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conformi ...
- 59. Ambrose Bierce: MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with i ...
- 60. Ambrose Bierce: OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied th ...
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