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• Ocean, n.: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul.
  A Tartar Emetic. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Dawn, n.: The time when men of reason go to bed.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...