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- 201. Ambrose Bierce: DRUIDS, n. Priests and ministers of an ancient Celtic religion which did not dis ...

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

- 203. Ambrose Bierce: ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods ...

- 204. Ambrose Bierce: ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in con ...

- 205. Ambrose Bierce: EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the l ...

- 206. Ambrose Bierce: EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassado ...

- 207. Ambrose Bierce: FAIRY, n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited t ...

- 208. Ambrose Bierce: FRYING-PAN, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institu ...

- 209. Ambrose Bierce: GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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- 210. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...

- 211. Ambrose Bierce: HADES, n. The lower world; the residence of departed spirits; the place where th ...

- 212. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...

- 213. Ambrose Bierce: HOUSE, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte ...

- 214. Ambrose Bierce: IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in t ...

- 215. Ambrose Bierce: IMPIETY, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.

- 216. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...

- 217. Ambrose Bierce: INDECISION, n. The chief element of success; "for whereas," saith Sir Thomas Bre ...

- 218. Ambrose Bierce: INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in ...

- 219. Ambrose Bierce: INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chi ...

- 220. Ambrose Bierce: JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State ...

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