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  1. [
  2. {
  3. "term": "BACCHUS",
  4. "part": "n.",
  5. "definition": "A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.",
  6. "quote": [
  7. "Is public worship, then, a sin,",
  8. "That for devotions paid to Bacchus",
  9. "The lictors dare to run us in,",
  10. "And resolutely thump and whack us?"
  11. ],
  12. "author": "Jorace"
  13. },
  14. {
  15. "term": "BACKBITE",
  16. "part": "v.t.",
  17. "definition": "To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you."
  18. },
  19. {
  20. "term": "BEARD",
  21. "part": "n.",
  22. "definition": "The hair that is commonly cut off by those who justly execrate the absurd Chinese custom of shaving the head."
  23. },
  24. {
  25. "term": "BEGGAR",
  26. "part": "n.",
  27. "definition": "One who has relied on the assistance of his friends."
  28. },
  29. {
  30. "term": "BELLADONNA",
  31. "part": "n.",
  32. "definition": "In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."
  33. },
  34. {
  35. "term": "BIGAMY",
  36. "part": "n.",
  37. "definition": "A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy."
  38. },
  39. {
  40. "term": "BORE",
  41. "part": "n.",
  42. "definition": "A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
  43. }
  44. ]