Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.

Empty wine bottles have a bad opinion of women.

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind.