Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime.

A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.

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

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.