EUCHARIST, n. A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi. A dispute once unhappily arose among the members of this sect as to what it was that they ate. In this controversy some five hundred thousand have already been slain, and the question is still unsettled.
Ambrose BierceTALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.
Ambrose BierceREAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
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