CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau à la financière is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.

DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.

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