Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.
Ambrose BierceFriendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Ambrose BierceIMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.
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