MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.

Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.

MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours.