Society for Pure English, Tract 02 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 66 pages of information about Society for Pure English, Tract 02.

Society for Pure English, Tract 02 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 66 pages of information about Society for Pure English, Tract 02.
coaled. courser, coarser. court, caught. cause, cores, caws. coir, coyer (fr. coy). crew (s.), crew (fr. crow). quartz, quarts. lighter (s.), lighter (fr. light, adj.). lax, lacks, &c. lapse, laps, &c. lade (v.), laid. lane, lain. lead (mineral), led. left (adj.), left (fr. leave).  Lent, leant, lent (fr. lend). least, leased. lees (of wine), leas, &c. lynx, links. mind, mined. madder (plant), madder (fr. mad). mustard, mustered. maid, made. mist, missed. mode, mowed. moan, mown. new, knew, &c. nose, knows, noes. aught (a whit), ought (fr. owe). pact, packed. paste, paced. pervade, purveyed. pyx, picks. please, pleas. pause, paws, pores. pride, pried [bis]. prize, pries. praise, prays, preys. rouse, rows. rasher (bacon), rasher (fr. rash). raid, rayed. red, read (p. of to read). rex, wrecks, recks. road, rode, rowed. rote, wrote. rove (v. of rover), rove (fr. reeve). rose, rows (var.), roes (var.), rose (v.). ruse, rues (fr. rue). side, sighed. size, sighs. scene, seen. seize, seas, sees. sold, soled (both inflected). sword, soared. sort, sought. span (length), span (fr. spin). spoke (of wheel), spoke (fr. speak). stole (s.), stole (fr. steal). stove (s.), stove (fr. stave). tide, tied. tax, tacks (various). tact, tacked. tease, teas, tees. toad, towed, toed. told, tolled. tract, tracked. trust, trussed. chaste, chased (various). choose, chews. throne, thrown. through, threw. wild, wiled. wind (roll), whined. wax, whacks. wade, weighed. weld, welled. word, whirred. wilt (wither), wilt (fr. will). ward, warred. wont, won’t. warn, worn.

VIII.  ‘FALSE HOMOPHONES’ [SEE P. 4], DOUBTFUL DOUBLETS, &C.

beam, beam (of light). bit (horse), bit (piece), bit (fr. bite). brace, brace. diet, diet. deck (cover), deck (adorn). deal (various). dram (drink), drachm. drone (insect), drone (sound). jest, gest (romance, and obs. senses). jib (sail), jib (of horses). fine (adj., v. senses), fine (mulct). flower, flour. fleet (s.), fleet (adj.), Fleet (stream). grain (corn), grain (fibre). indite, indict. incense (v. =cense), incense (incite). kind (adj.), kind (s.). canvas, canvass. cuff (sleeve), cuff (strife). cousin, cozen. cord, chord (music). coin, coign. cotton (s.), cotton (v.). crank (s.), crank (adj.). quaver (v.), quaver (music). levy, levee. litter (brood), litter (straw). mantle (cloak), mantle (shelf). mess (confusion), mess (table). mussel, muscle. nail (unguis), nail (clavus). patent (open), patent
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