Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss".

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.

PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.

In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.