Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.

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.