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

DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.

RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.

VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance - against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance.

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.