Mock Wavy Cable Rib

CONTROVERSY, n.  A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-ball and the inconsiderate bayonet.

Contrary Fisherman's Rib

CONVENT, n.  A place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.

Garter Stitch Twisted Rib

EXCOMMUNICATION, n.  

This "excommunication" is a word

In speech ecclesiastical oft heard,

And means the damning, with bell, book and candle,

Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal--

A rite permitting Satan to enslave him

Forever, and for bidding Christ to save him.

Gat Huckle.

Tight Braid Cable

MONEY, n.  A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.  An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society.  Supportable property.

Snowdrop Lace

MONDAY, n.  In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game.

Flower Buds

MATERIAL, adj.  Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one.  Important.

Material things I know, or feel, or see;

All else is immaterial to me.

Jamarach Holobom.