Brillig

is no longer evening, but about 4pm in the afternoon.

Slithy
is now slimy and active rather than smooth and active.
Toves
are no longer badgers exactly, they are something like badgerstheyre something like lizardsand
theyre something like corkscrews. And they make their nests under sun-dialsalso they live on cheese.
Gyre
is to spin like a gyroscope rather than to scratch.
Gimble
is still to bore holes, but now specifically after the manner of a gimlet, which is a small hand tool
with a T-shaped handle for boring hole.
Wabe
is now the area around a sundial, rather than a hillside.
Mimsy
is still unhappy; flimsy and miserable.
Borogove
is no longer a parrot, but a thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round.
Mome
now probably means lost (but Humpty Dumpty is not quite sure). However, it does not mean
grave.
Raths
have become green pigs rather than turtles, possibly a joke on the fact that there are very few
green animals.
Outgrabe
has not changed its meaning much (something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind
of sneeze in the middle).