RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau à la financière is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.