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

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

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

Say :: Say (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Nayword :: Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword..

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

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

Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..

Proverbialist :: Proverbialist (n.) One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs..

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 drama exemplifying a proverb.

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.

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