An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.

MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.

FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.

War: A by-product of the arts of peace.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs.