Mud with the juice squeezed out.

    DYNAMITE

    The peroration of an anarchist's argument.

     DYSPEPSIA

    A good foundation for a bad temper.

     EAGLE

    The national bird of a Christian country; (the United States.) Presumably chosen on account of its being a bird of pray.

     EARL

    A title of nobility.

     EARLY

    A title of stupidity. See old saw,

    "Early to bed and early to rise,

    Makes a man a farmer!"

    EARTH

    A solid substance, much desired by the seasick.

     ECHO

    The only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word.

     ECONOMY

    Denying ourselves a necessary to-day in order to buy a luxury to-morrow.

    EGG

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