Thou hadst not perished by the law of libel.

Barney Stims



SATYR, n. One of the few characters of the Grecian mythology accorded

recognition in the Hebrew. (Leviticus, xvii, 7.) The satyr was at



first a member of the dissolute community acknowledging a loose

allegiance with Dionysius, but underwent many transformations and



improvements. Not infrequently he is confounded with the faun, a

later and decenter creation of the Romans, who was less like a man and



more like a goat.

SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment.



A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one

sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented



and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.

SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and



colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head.

Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.



A penny saved is a penny to squander.

A man is known by the company that he organizes.



A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.



Better late than before anybody has invited you.

Example is better than following it.



Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else.

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.



What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

Least said is soonest disavowed.



He laughs best who laughs least.

Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it.



Of two evils choose to be the least.

Strike while your employer has a big contract.



Where there's a will there's a won't.

SCARABAEUS, n. The sacredbeetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to



our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality,

the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiarsanctity. Its habit



of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it

to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal



reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior

beetle, but the American priest is an inferiorpriest.



SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.

He fell by his own hand



Beneath the great oak tree.

He'd traveled in a foreign land.



He tried to make her understand

The dance that's called the Saraband,



But he called it Scarabee.

He had called it so through an afternoon,



And she, the light of his harem if so might be,

Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see,



All frosted there in the shine o' the moon --

Dead for a Scarabee



And a recollection that came too late.

O Fate!



They buried him where he lay,

He sleeps awaiting the Day,



In state,

And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan,



Gloom over the grave and then move on.

Dead for a Scarabee!



Fernando Tapple

SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious.



The rite was performed, sometimes with a knife, sometimes with a hot

iron, but always, says Arsenius Asceticus, acceptably if the penitent



spared himself no pain nor harmless disfigurement. Scarification,

with other crude penances, has now been superseded by benefaction.



The founding of a library or endowment of a university is said to

yield to the penitent a sharper and more lasting pain than is



conferred by the knife or iron, and is therefore a surer means of

grace. There are, however, two grave objections to it as a

• prosperous [´prɔspərəs] a.繁荣的；顺利的 (初中英语单词)


• economy [i´kɔnəmi] n.经济；机制；组织 (初中英语单词)


• solemn [´sɔləm] a.严肃的；隆重的 (初中英语单词)


• temple [´tempəl] n.庙宇；寺院；太阳穴 (初中英语单词)


• sacred [´seikrid] a.神圣的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)


• constitution [,kɔnsti´tju:ʃən] n.宪法；体格；体质 (初中英语单词)


• mechanical [mi´kænikəl] a.机械的；力学的 (初中英语单词)


• device [di´vais] n.装置；器具；策略 (初中英语单词)


• acting [´æktiŋ] a.代理的 n.演戏 (初中英语单词)


• despise [di´spaiz] vt.轻视，藐视 (初中英语单词)


• politics [´pɔlitiks] n.政治(学)；政治活动 (初中英语单词)


• talent [´tælənt] n.天才；才干；天资 (初中英语单词)


• monsieur [mə´sjə:] n.先生 (初中英语单词)


• literary [´litərəri] a.文学(上)的 (初中英语单词)


• immortal [i´mɔ:təl] a.不死的n.不朽的人物 (初中英语单词)


• peculiar [pi´kju:liə] a.特有的；奇异的 (初中英语单词)


• hatred [´heitrid] n.憎恨，敌意 (初中英语单词)


• contents [´kɔ:ntents] n.容纳物；要旨 (初中英语单词)


• uncertain [ʌn´sə:tn] a.不定的；不可靠的 (初中英语单词)


• existence [ig´zistəns] n.存在；生存；生活 (初中英语单词)


• sympathetic [,simpə´θetik] a.同情的，有同情心的 (初中英语单词)


• moreover [mɔ:´rəuvə] ad.再者，此外，而且 (初中英语单词)


• abundant [ə´bʌndənt] a.丰富的；充分的 (初中英语单词)


• creation [kri´eiʃən] n.创作；作品；创造 (初中英语单词)


• civilization [,sivilai´zeiʃən] n.文明，文化 (初中英语单词)


• wooden [´wudn] a.木制的；呆板的 (初中英语单词)


• employer [im´plɔiə] n.雇佣者，雇主 (初中英语单词)


• allied [´ælaid] a.联合的；联姻的 (初中英语单词)


• supposed [sə´pəuzd] a.想象的；假定的 (初中英语单词)


• priest [pri:st] n.教士；牧师；神父 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• significance [sig´nifikəns] n.意义；重要性 (高中英语单词)


• protestant [´prɔtistənt] a.新教的 n.新教徒 (高中英语单词)


• inferior [in´fiəriə] n.下级的 n.下级；晚辈 (高中英语单词)


• species [´spi:ʃi:z] n.(生物的)种，类 (高中英语单词)


• treason [´tri:zən] n.叛逆；不忠 (高中英语单词)


• significant [sig´nifikənt] a.重要的；意义重大的 (高中英语单词)


• elevator [´eliveitə] n.电梯；升降机 (高中英语单词)


• impressive [im´presiv] a.给人深刻印象的 (高中英语单词)


• fortnight [´fɔ:tnait] n.两星期 (高中英语单词)


• dismal [´dizməl] a.灰暗的；阴郁的 (高中英语单词)


• painful [´peinfəl] a.痛(苦)的；费力的 (高中英语单词)


• duchess [´dʌtʃis] n.公爵夫人；女公爵 (高中英语单词)


• hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• misfortune [mis´fɔ:tʃən] n.不幸；灾祸 (高中英语单词)


• originally [ə´ridʒənəli] ad.本来；独创地 (高中英语单词)


• bucket [´bʌkit] n.水桶 (高中英语单词)


• coffin [´kɔfin] n.棺材，柩 (高中英语单词)


• commonly [´kɔmənli] ad.一般地；通常 (高中英语单词)


• descent [di´sent] n.出身，家世 (高中英语单词)


• eternity [i´tə:niti] n.永恒，来世，无穷 (高中英语单词)


• composition [,kɔmpə´ziʃən] n.写作；作曲；作品 (高中英语单词)


• tenderness [´tendənis] n.娇嫩；柔软；温柔 (高中英语单词)


• wherein [weər´in] ad.那里面 (高中英语单词)


• damned [dæmd] a.该死的 ad.非常，极 (高中英语单词)


• community [kə´mju:niti] n.团体；社区；公众 (高中英语单词)


• workman [´wə:kmən] n.工人；工作人员 (高中英语单词)


• beetle [´bi:tl] n.甲虫 vi.忙碌地来回 (高中英语单词)


• naught [nɔ:t] n.无；零 (高中英语单词)


• recollection [,rekə´lekʃən] n.回忆；追想；记忆力 (高中英语单词)


• harmless [´hɑ:mləs] a.无害的，无恶意的 (高中英语单词)


• lasting [´lɑ:stiŋ] a.持久的；永远的 (高中英语单词)


• notorious [nəu´tɔ:riəs] a.臭名昭著的 (英语四级单词)


• automatically [ɔ:tə´mætikli] ad.自动地；无意识地 (英语四级单词)


• uncommon [ʌn´kɔmən] a.非常的，非凡的，罕见的 (英语四级单词)


• respective [ri´spektiv] a.各自的，各个的 (英语四级单词)


• gotten [´gɔtn] get的过去分词 (英语四级单词)


• sinner [´sinə] n.罪人 (英语四级单词)


• orleans [ɔ:´liənz] n.奥尔良 (英语四级单词)


• marshal [´mɑ:ʃəl] n.(陆军)元帅 (英语四级单词)


• delighted [di´laitid] a.高兴的；喜欢的 (英语四级单词)


• reptile [´reptail] n.爬虫 a.爬虫类的 (英语四级单词)


• extinct [ik´stiŋkt] a.熄灭的；灭绝的 (英语四级单词)


• adversary [´ædvəsəri] n.敌手，对手 (英语四级单词)


• satire [´sætaiə] n.讽刺；讽刺作品 (英语四级单词)


• wherefore [´weəfɔ:] ad.为什么；因此 (英语四级单词)


• outcry [´autkrai] n.喊叫；强烈抗议 (英语四级单词)


• proverb [´prɔvə:b] n.谚语；格言 (英语四级单词)


• traveled [´trævəld] a.见面广的；旅客多的 (英语四级单词)


• sanctity [´sæŋktiti] n.神圣；圣洁；尊严 (英语六级单词)


• crocodile [´krɔkədail] n.鳄鱼；假慈悲的人 (英语六级单词)


• mammal [´mæməl] n.哺乳动物 (英语六级单词)


• holding [´həuldiŋ] n.保持，固定，存储 (英语六级单词)


• lamentable [´læməntəbl, lə´mentəbl] a.可悲的 (英语六级单词)


• tolerant [´tɔlərənt] a.宽容的，宽大的 (英语六级单词)


• grecian [´gri:ʃən] a.古希腊的 n.希腊人 (英语六级单词)


• infallible [in´fæləbəl] a.必然的；不会错的 (英语六级单词)


• penance [´penəns] n.悔过；(赎罪的)苦行 (英语六级单词)


• endowment [in´daumənt] n.捐赠；天才 (英语六级单词)


• penitent [´penitənt] a.悔罪的 n.悔罪者 (英语六级单词)