Function.--“When a fellow feels in a funk.”
Quotation.--“The answer to a division sum.”
Civil War.--“When each side gives way a little.”
The Four Seasons.--“Pepper, mustard, salt and vinegar.”
Alias.--“Means otherwise--he was tall, but she was alias.”
Compurgation.--“When he was going to have anything done to him, and
if he could get anyone to say, ‘not innocent,’ he was let off.”
The Equator.--“Means the sun. Suppose we draw a straight line and the
sun goes up to the top, then it is day, and when it comes down it is
night.”
Precession.--“(1) When things happen before they take place. (2) The
arrival of the equator in the plane of the ecliptic before it is due.”
Demagogue.--“A vessel that holds beer, wine, gin, whisky, or any
other intoxicating liquor.”
Chimera.--“A thing used to take likenesses with.”
Watershed.--“A place in which boats are stored in winter.”
Gender.--“Is the way whereby we tell what sex a man is.”
Cynical.--“A cynical lump of sugar is one pointed at the top.”
Immaculate.--“State of those who have passed the entrance examination
at the University.”
Frantic.--“Means wild. I picked up some frantic flowers.”
Nutritious.--“Something to eat that aint got no taste to it.”
Repugnant.--“One who repugs.”
Memory.--“The thing you forget with.”