A Puppy is said to be, 'the progeny of a bitch,' but so is the bitch herself. Repleviable is, 'what may be _replevined_.' Repair is, 'reparation;' and reparation is, 'the act of repairing.' A Republican is, 'one who thinks a commonwealth, without monarchy, the best government.' But this is only half a definition; for every subject of a republic, is a republican, whether he think it the best government or not. Republican, a. (from republic) is, 'placing the government in the people.' Is Venice under the government of the people? It is curious enough to hear such an author as Ben Johnson cited to prove what a republic is. The reader will compute what title the Doctor has to the character given him by a late writer, viz. that 'his great learning and genius render him one of the most _shining_ ornaments of the present age.' A Looking-glass is, 'a glass which shews forms reflected;' but so will a common glass bottle; though we never term it a looking-glass. He says it is compounded of _look_ and _glass_; but, if the reader happens to think it is derived from _looking_ and _glass_, the Doctor cannot confute him. A knave is, 'a petty rascal, a scoundrel.' A _Loon_ is, 'a sorry fellow, a scoundrel.' A _Looby_ is, 'a lubber, a clumsy clown.' A _Lubber_ is, 'a sturdy drone, an idle, fat, bulky _losel_, a booby.' A _Losel_ is, 'a scoundrel, a sorry worthless fellow.' A _Lubbard_ is, 'a lazy sturdy fellow.' A _Booby_ is--but you must know what it is, while you read, in these elegant definitions, the taste and genius of Dr Johnson. He says, that Bone is, 'the solid parts of the body of an animal.' Are not the fat and the muscles also solid? A Volume is, 'something rolled or convolved;' and so is a barrel, a foot-ball, and a blanket. But a volume is likewise '_as much as seems convolved at once_;' an expression hardly intelligible; and it is a book. A Book, we are told, is, 'a volume, in which we read or write;' and whether we read and write in it or not. 'V has two powers expressed in English by two characters, v, consonant, and u, vowel.' One would think these were two different letters, as much as any others in the alphabet. The same remark applies to letters I and J, which the Doctor has blended. It is remarkable that this _English_ Dictionary begins with a _Latin_ word; and the Doctor has inserted it without giving an authority.