Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.

Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers, which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-smelling.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.