RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, _Homo ventrambulans_.