ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.

Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

EMOTION, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.