PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.

To seek a justification for a decision already made.

OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.

OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.