Criticize the following definitions in light of the eight rules for lexical definitions:

­1. A sculpture is a three-dimensional image made of marble.

2. “Elusory” means elusive.

3. “Birdie” means sinking the ball in one stroke under par.

­4. A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

5. “Semantics” is when somebody studies words.

6. “iPhone” means a handheld electronic device having an LCD screen and a single toggle button at the bottom of the face.

­7. A theist is anyone who is not an atheist or an agnostic.

8. “Intelligence” means whatever is measured by an IQ test.

9. A symphony is a musical piece written for full orchestra.

­10. Feminism is a militant movement originated by a group of deviant women for the purpose of undermining the natural distinction between the sexes.

11. “Wood” means fibrous, lignified cellulose.

12. Logic is the study of arguments including definitions.

­13. “Truculent” is if you’re cruel or fierce.

14. A house is a structure made of wood or stone intended for human habitation.

15. Satire is a kind of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.

­16. A carpenter’s square is a square used by a carpenter.

17. “Safety” means a play in which a player grounds the ball behind his own goal line when the ball was caused to cross the goal line by his own team.

18. Puberty: the time in life in which the two sexes begin first to be acquainted.

­19. “Normal” means an attribute possessed by people who are able to get on in the world.

20. An organic substance is any substance that is not inorganic.

21. Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.

­22. “Schooner” means sort of like a sailboat.

23. “Faith” means reason succumbing to insecurity.

24. “Gammon” means, in backgammon, a victory in which one player defeats another before he can remove any of his men from the board.

­25. A cello is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow.

26. Tobacco is a plant grown in the southeastern United States that, when enjoyed in the form of cigars and cigarettes, produces a most delightful and satisfying taste and aroma.

27. History is the unfolding of miscalculations.

­28. “Clock” means a manufactured device featuring two pointers that rotate past a set of numerals ranging from 1 to 12.

29. “Soap” means saponified glyceride.

30. Mackerel: a sea-fish.

­31. “Anchorperson” means an electronic media guru who has great looks but lessthan- average intelligence and who brings canned news to people incapable of reading a newspaper.

32. “Diet” means like when you cut back on your calories.

33. Animal: a living creature corporeal, distinct, on the one side, from pure spirit, on the other, from pure matter.

­34. “Pen” means an instrument used for writing on paper.

35. Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from grapes.