SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

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

Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.

When you doubt, abstain.