Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted.

MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.

MOUSE, n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.