Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.