Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
Ambrose BierceCEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager.
Ambrose BierceBook - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.
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