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Proverbially :: Proverbially (adv.) In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy..

Saw :: Saw (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.

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

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..

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

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

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

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

Soothsay :: Soothsay (n.) A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.

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

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

Proverbialism :: Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.

Proverb :: Proverb (v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb..

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

Proverbialize :: Proverbialize (v. t. & i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

Brocard :: Brocard (n.) An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics..

E-la :: E-la (n.) Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying..

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

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