ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

TRUCE, n. Friendship.

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. . . . not be confused with that of foreordination. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore.

BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.

MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter (see Molecule). The monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation - containing all the powers and possibilities needful to his evolution into a German philosopher . .

UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.