ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. |
ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville. |
ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. |
ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth. |
Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous. |
ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous. |
Acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to |
ACTUALLY, adv. Perhaps; possibly. |
ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. |
ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold. |
ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living. |
ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get. |
ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting. |
ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking. |
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. |