owner.

BEER.--A much appreciated form of nectar now replaced by a colored
liquor of a light yellow taste.

CAMOUFLAGE.--A thin screen disguising or concealing the main thing,
i.e., a camouflage of sauce covers the iniquity of stale fish; a suitor
camouflages his true love by paying attention to another girl; ladies in
evening dress may or may not adequately camouflage their charms; and men
resort to a light camouflage of drink to conceal a sorrow or joy.

CIVILIAN.--A male person of tender or great age, or else of weak
intellect and faint heart.

COMMUNIQUE.--An amusing game played by two or more people with paper and
pencil in which the other side is always losing and your own side is
always winning.

DIGGER.--A friend, pal, or comrade, synonymous with cobber; a white man
who runs straight.

DUD.--A negative term signifying useless, ineffective or worthless,
e.g., a "dud" egg; a "dud of a girl" is one who is unattractive; and a
dud joke falls flat.

DUGOUT.--A deep recess in the earth usually too small. As an adjective
it is used to denote that such a one avoids hopping over the bags, or,
indeed, venturing out into the open air in a trench. At times the word
is used to denote antiquated relics employed temporarily.

HOME.--The place or places where Billzac would fain be when the job is
done. Also known as "Our Land" and "Happyland."

HOPOVER.--A departure from a fixed point into the Unknown, also the
first step in a serious undertaking.

IMSHI.--Means "go," "get out quickly." Used by the speaker, the word
implies quick and noiseless movement in the opposite direction to the
advance.

LEAVE.--A state or condition of ease, comfort and pleasure, involving
the cessation of work: not to be confounded with sick leave. Time is
measured by leaves denoting intervals of from three months to three
years. Leave on the other hand is measured by time, usually too short.

MUD.--Unpleasantness, generally connected with delay, danger or extreme
discomfort. Hence a special meaning of baseness in "his name is mud."

OVER THE BAGS.--The intensive form of danger: denoting a test of fitness
and experience for Billzac and his brethren.

RELIEF.--A slow process of changing places; occurs in Shakespeare: "for
this relief many thanks."

REST.--A mythical period between being relieved and relieving in the
trenches, which is usually spent in walking away from the line and
returning straight back in poor weather and at short