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| Quote:It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.[Thomas Paine] Quote:Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.[Saul Bellow] Definitions of: wolfDefinition: Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.Definition: One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. Definition: Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. Definition: A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. Definition: An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. Definition: The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. Definition: In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. Definition: A willying machine. |
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