REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to haunt the heart were anciently believed to infest the liver; and even Gascoygne, speaking of the emotional side of human nature, calls it "our hepaticall parte." It was at one time considered the seat of life; hence its name- liver, the thing we live with.

GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.

MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.