1862 Quotations with Hand.
- 101. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...
- 102. Ambrose Bierce: IMPOSITION, n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on of hands -- ...
- 103. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 104. Ambrose Bierce: INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unl ...
- 105. Ambrose Bierce: INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry our ...
- 106. Ambrose Bierce: INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kin ...
- 107. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 108. Ambrose Bierce: LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his fa ...
- 109. Ambrose Bierce: MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open an ...
- 110. Ambrose Bierce: MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conformi ...
- 111. Ambrose Bierce: MIRACLE, n. An act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as bea ...
- 112. Ambrose Bierce: MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and c ...
- 113. Ambrose Bierce: MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized ...
- 114. Ambrose Bierce: PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obt ...
- 115. Ambrose Bierce: PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing bu ...
- 116. Ambrose Bierce: PLOW, n. An implement that cries aloud for hands accustomed to the pen.
- 117. Ambrose Bierce: PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In ...
- 118. Ambrose Bierce: REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is po ...
- 119. Ambrose Bierce: REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage ...
- 120. Ambrose Bierce: RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more s ...
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