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Byword :: Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.

Proverbial :: Proverbial (a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.

Strawberry :: Straw (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.

Maxim :: Maxim (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.

Diverb :: Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.

Parody :: Parody (n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb..

By-spell :: By-spell (n.) A proverb.

Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..

Paramiographer :: Paramiographer (n.) A collector or writer of proverbs.

Hagiographa :: Hagiographa (n. pl.) The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles..

Adagial :: Adagial (a.) Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage..

Feather :: Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species..

Light-o''-love :: Light-o'-love (n.) An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters..

Rede :: Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.

Proverb :: Proverb (v. t.) To provide with a proverb.

Adage :: Adage (n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb..

Proverb :: Proverb (v. i.) To write or utter proverbs.

Saying :: Saying (n.) That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb..

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