Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.

ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.