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@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
ABORIGINIES, n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a
newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
-ABRACADABRA.
+ABRACADABRA,
By _Abracadabra_ we signify
An infinite number of things.
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@
Ignores the Law as 't were a straw,
And wants to sin--don't let him.
-CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do _me_?
+CUI BONO?, [Latin] What good would that do _me_?
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person
from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@
these persons from swift and awful death is one of the most striking
proofs of God's mercy to those that hate Him.
-FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person--a
+FORMA PAUPERIS, [Latin] In the character of a poor person--a
method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately
permitted to lose his case.
@@ -3074,7 +3074,7 @@
-HABEAS CORPUS. A writ by which a man may be taken out of jail when
+HABEAS CORPUS, A writ by which a man may be taken out of jail when
confined for the wrong crime.
HABIT, n. A shackle for the free.
@@ -3539,7 +3539,7 @@
-I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language,
+I, is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language,
the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection. In
grammar it is a pronoun of the first person and singular number. Its
plural is said to be _We_, but how there can be more than one myself
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@
Pollo Doncas
-IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.
+IMPOSTOR, n. A rival aspirant to public honors.
IMPROBABILITY, n.
@@ -4252,7 +4252,7 @@
-J is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel--
+J, is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel--
than which nothing could be more absurd. Its original form, which has
been but slightly modified, was that of the tail of a subdued dog, and
it was not a letter but a character, standing for a Latin verb,
@@ -4323,7 +4323,7 @@
-K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced
+K, is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced
away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation
inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called
_Klatch_, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was
@@ -4767,7 +4767,7 @@
live with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it
that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg _pate_.
-LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one
+LL.D., Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one
learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast
upon this derivation by the fact that the title was formerly _LL.d._,
and conferred only upon gentlemen distinguished for their wealth. At
@@ -8612,7 +8612,7 @@
civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency in this
incomparable dictionary.
-TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_)
+TZETZE FLY or TSETSE FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_)
whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy
for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American
novelist (_Mendax interminabilis_).
@@ -8781,7 +8781,7 @@
-W (double U) has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only
+W, (double U) has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only
cumbrous name, the names of the others being monosyllabic. This
advantage of the Roman alphabet over the Grecian is the more valued
after audibly spelling out some simple Greek word, like
@@ -9040,7 +9040,7 @@
-X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility
+X, in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility
to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will
doubtless last as long as the language. X is the sacred symbol of ten
dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., stands for Christ, not,
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