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.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.

IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral.

CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.