The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days.

The Roycroft Dictionary
CONCOCTED
by Ali Baba and the Bunch on RAINY DAYS
DONE INTO A PRINTED BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS AT THEIR SHOP FOR THE DIVERTISEMENT OF THE GLOOMSTERS MCMXIV
Copyright 1914 by Elbert Hubbard
DVERTISING: The education of the public as to who you are, where you are, and what you have to offer in way of skill, talent or commodity. The only man who should not advertise is the man who has nothing to offer the world in way of commodity or service.
Abel: The first squealer.
Abhorrence: 1. A pronounced feeling of dislike in the presence of what is superior or unattainable. 2. To discover one's real self and to slander somebody or something else in revenge. 3. A form of hate that suffers from mal de mer .
Asbestos: 1. The white-hope of the damned. 2. A specially prepared paper upon which The Philistine is printed.
Arson: To be careless in the use of fire. (General Sherman was at times more or less careless in the use of fire on his March to the Sea.— Hon. Henry W. Grady. )
Aeronaut: A person who goes up in order to come down. Hence, a meta-physician.
Abnormal: To have intelligence, character or genius; to be less stupid than one's neighbor; to be better than the worst; to be one's self. E. g. , the writer of these lines.