Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition.

EMOTION, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.

HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in the West Indies and is preferred by certain old- fashioned sea-captains.