![]() noun soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire.noun coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop.verb give fodder (to domesticated animals).verb dialect To feed animals (with fodder).įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun figuratively Something which serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.noun slang, drafting, design Tracing paper.noun A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt (993 to 1222 kg).a fother.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. noun obsolete A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.transitive verb To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.noun That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.supply with hay, straw, etc.: as, farmers fodder their cattle twice or thrice in a day.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. To feed with dry food or cut grass, etc.The word is usually confined to food that grows above ground and is fed in bulk. noun Food for cattle, horses, and sheep, as hay, straw, and other kinds of vegetables.noun A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply.noun Raw material, as for artistic creation.noun Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.Like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Weighing the facts with your thumbs on the scales. A mouse-trap: easy to enter but not easy to get out of. ![]() The only method by which religious truth can be established. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor’s uneasiness. Some one who makes the same mistake twice. It’s like champagne or high shoes, and one must be prepared to suffer for it. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook. An angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. The mark of a true doctor is usually illegible.Ĭountry, n. ![]() Someone who may be called off the golf course at a moment’s notice.ĭoctor, n. An insect that makes you like flies better.ĭoctor, n. Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation. Wiley’s Dictionary via Alan SwitzerĮgotist, n. A freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. By Dale Lambert (This came in after last week’s column was printed.) Like diapers, they need to be changed and for the same reason. Identify yourself, name and phone number, and indicate if you want your name printed with your definition. Use to submit definitions to be included in future columns. (If it does not offend someone, it is probably not sharp enough.) A comment which is short, sharply biting and almost borders on the truth. No definition has to be unique as words, not too surprisingly, have many meanings.ĭefinition, n. You are encouraged to contribute your ideas are welcome. ![]() I hope that you find some of this new work equally thought-provoking. His dictionary has been described as both dark and biting. “(T)he work is addressed (to) enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humor and clean English to slang.” AMBROSE BIERCE WROTE THE “DEVIL’S DICTIONARY” IN 1906. ![]()
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