MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick.

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

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.