POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.

AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.

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