Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear.

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth.

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.