Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager,
"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
- device for connecting several electrical plugs to one socket.
ADDRESS
—n. - a place where a person lives or an organization is situated. B particulars of this, esp. For postal purposes. C computing location of an item of stored information.
- discourse to an audience. —v. - write postal directions on (an envelope etc.).
- direct (remarks etc.).
- speak or write to, esp. Formally.
- direct one's attention to.
- golf take aim at (the ball). address oneself to 1 speak or write to.
- attend to. [french: related to *ad-, *direct]
ADIPOSE
adj. Of fat; fatty (adipose tissue). adiposity n. [latin adeps fat]
ADJOURN
v. - put off, postpone; break off (a meeting etc.) Temporarily.
- (of a meeting) break and disperse or (foll. By to) transfer to another place (adjourned to the pub). adjournment n. [latin: related to *ad-, diurnum day]
ADJUDGE
v. (-ging) 1 pronounce judgement on (a matter).
- pronounce or award judicially. adjudgement n. (also adjudgment). [latin judex judge]
ADJUNCT
n. - (foll. By to, of) subordinate or incidental thing.
- gram. Word or phrase used to explain or amplify the predicate, subject, etc. [latin: related to *adjoin]
ADMIRAL
n. - a commander-in-chief of a navy. B high-ranking naval officer, commander.
- any of various butterflies. [arabic: related to *amir]
ADRENAL
—adj. - at or near the kidneys.
- of the adrenal glands. —n. (in full adrenal gland) either of two ductless glands above the kidneys, secreting adrenalin. [from *ad-, *renal]
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