Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

Gout, a physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn.

WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.