4.  Correction of Webster and Cobb, under Rule 4th:  a-wry, a-thwart, pros-pect-ive, pa-ren-the-sis, re-sist-i-bil-i-ty, hem-i-spher-ic, mon-o-stich, hem-i-stich, to-wards.

5.  Correction of the words under Rule 5th; Eng-land, an oth-er,[524] Beth-es-da, Beth-ab-a-ra.

LESSON III.—­MIXED EXAMPLES.

1.  Correction of Cobb, by Rule 3d:  bend-er, bless-ing, brass-y, chaff-y, chant-er, clasp-er, craft-y, curd-y, fend-er, film-y, fust-y, glass-y, graft-er, grass-y, gust-y, hand-ed, mass-y, musk-y, rust-y, swell-ing, tell-er, test-ed, thrift-y, vest-ure.

2.  Corrections of Webster, mostly by Rule 1st:  bar-ber, bur-nish, bris-ket, can-ker, char-ter, cuc-koo, fur-nish, gar-nish, guilt-y, han-ker, lus-ty, por-tal, tar-nish, tes-tate, tes-ty, trai-tor, trea-ty, var-nish, ves-tal, di-ur-nal, e-ter-nal, in-fer-nal, in-ter-nal, ma-ter-nal, noc-tur-nal, pa-ter-nal.

3.  Corrections of Webster, mostly by Rule 1st:  ar-mor-y, ar-ter-y, butch-er-y, cook-er-y, eb-on-y, em-er-y, ev-er-y, fel-on-y, fop-per-y, frip-per-y, gal-ler-y, his-tor-y, liv-er-y, lot-ter-y, mock-er-y, mys-ter-y,[525] nun-ner-y, or-rer-y, pil-lor-y, quack-er-y, sor-cer-y, witch-er-y.

4.  Corrections of Cobb, mostly by Rule 1st:  an-kle, bas-ket, blan-ket, buc-kle, cac-kle, cran-kle, crin-kle, Eas-ter, fic-kle, frec-kle, knuc-kle, mar-ket, mon-key, por-tress, pic-kle, poul-tice, pun-cheon, quad-rant, quad-rate, squad-ron, ran-kle, shac-kle, sprin-kle, tin-kle, twin-kle, wrin-kle.

5.  Corrections of Emerson, by Rules 1st and 3d:  as-cribe, blan-dish, branch-y, cloud-y, dust-y, drear-y, e-ven-ing, fault-y, filth-y, frost-y, gaud-y, gloom-y, health-y, heark-en, heart-y, hoar-y, leak-y, loun-ger, marsh-y, might-y, milk-y, naught-y, pass-ing, pitch-er, read-y, rock-y, speed-y, stead-y, storm-y, thirst-y, thorn-y, trust-y, vest-ry, west-ern, wealth-y.

CHAPTER III.—­OF WORDS.

CORRECTIONS RESPECTING THE FIGURE, OR FORM, OF WORDS.

RULE I.—­COMPOUNDS.

“Professing to imitate Timon, the manhater.”—­Goldsmith corrected.  “Men load hay with a pitchfork.”—­Webster cor. “A peartree grows from the seed of a pear.”—­Id. “A toothbrush is good to brush your teeth.”—­Id. “The mail is opened at the post-office.”—­Id. “The error seems to me twofold.”—­Sanborn cor. “To preengage means to engage beforehand.”—­Webster cor. “It is a mean act to deface the figures on a milestone.”—­Id. “A grange is a farm, with its farm- house.”—­Id. “It is no more right to steal apples or watermelons, than [to steal] money.”—­Id. “The awl is a tool used by shoemakers and harness-makers.”—­Id. “Twenty-five cents are equal to one quarter