MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter (see Molecule). The monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation - containing all the powers and possibilities needful to his evolution into a German philosopher . .

A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider

A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.