SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.