Society for Pure English Part 6

codling, coddling (fr. _coddle_).

flounder (_fish_), flounder (_v._).

quail (_bird_), quail (_v._).

lark (_bird_), lark (_fun_).

ling (_fish_), ling (_heather_).

mussel, muscle.

nit, knit.

awk, orc.

oriole, aureole.

pike (_fish_), pike (_weapon_).

pout (_fish_), pout (_v._).

perch (_fish_), perch (_alight_).

plaice, place.

ray (_fish_), ray (_of light_).

rook (_bird_), rook (_v._).

skua, skewer.

skate (_fish_), skate (_on ice_).

smelt (_fish_), smelt (fr. _smell_).

swift (_bird_), swift (_adj._).

swallow (_bird_), swallow (_throat_).

tapir, taper.

tern, turn.

teal (_fish_), teil (_tree_).

thrush (_bird_), thrush (_disease_).

[Footnote 5: The following words in List 1 involve _wr_ > _w_, write, wrach, wrap, wring, wrung, wreck, wrest, wreak, wrick.]

[Footnote 6: Other similar words occurring in other sections are--awe, awl, ought, bawd, fought, gaud, gauze, haw, caw, cause, caught, lawn, paw, saw, sauce, sought, taut, caulk, stalk, alms, balm;--their correspondents being, oar, orle, ort (_obs._), board, fort, gored, gores, h.o.a.r, core, cores, court, lorn, pore, sore, source, sort, tort, cork, stork, arms, barm.]

[Footnote 7: Other similar proper names of species, &c., which occur in some one of the other sections of the list: ant, bat, bear, bee, beet, beetle, beech, box, breeze, date, dock, daw, duck, deer, elder, erne, fir, flea, flag, fluke, hare, horse, hawk, hop, caper, carrot, couch, cricket, currant, leech, lichen, mace, maize, mint, mole, pear, peach, pink, pie, pine, plum, plane, pulse, rabbit, rye, rush, rape, rail, reed, roe, roc, rue, sage, seal, sloe, sole, spruce, stork, thyme, char, whale, whin, yew. Also c.o.c.kle.]

V. THE SUFFIX _ER_ ADDED TO A ROOT OFTEN MAKES h.o.m.oPHONES. THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES. (AND SEE IN LIST VI.)

byre, buyer (_who buys_).

b.u.t.ter (_s._), b.u.t.ter (_who b.u.t.ts_).

better (_adj._), better (_who bets_).

border, boarder.

dire, dyer.

founder (_v._), founder (_who founds_).

geyser, gazer.

greater, grater (_nutmeg_).

canter (_pace_), canter (_who cants_).

medlar, meddler.

moulder (_v._), moulder (_who moulds_).

pitcher (_vessel_), pitcher (_who pitches_).

pillar, piller.

platter, plaiter.

plumper (_adj._), plumper (_s._).

sounder (_adj._), sounder (_who sounds_).

cellar, seller, &c.

VI. WORDS EXCLUDED FROM THE MAIN LIST FOR VARIOUS REASONS, THEIR h.o.m.oPHONY BEING RIGHTLY QUESTIONED BY MANY SPEAKERS.

actor, acta (_sanctorum_).

brute, bruit.

direst, diarist.

descent, dissent.

deviser, divisor.

dual, duel.

goffer, golfer.

carrot, carat.

caudle, caudal.

choler, collar.

compliment, complement.

lumber, lumbar.

lesson, lessen.

literal, littoral.

marshal, martial.

minor, miner.

manor, manner.

medal, meddle.

metal, mettle.

missal, missel (_thrush_).

orphan, often.

putty, puttee.

pedal, peddle.

police, pelisse.

princ.i.p.al, principle.

profit, prophet.

rigour, rigger.

rancour, ranker.

succour, sucker.

sailor, sailer.

cellar, seller.

censor, censer.

surplus, surplice.

symbol, cymbal.

skip, skep.

tuber, tuba.

whirl, whorl.

wert, wort (_herb, obs._).

vial, viol.

verdure, verger (_in Jones_).

VII. h.o.m.oPHONES DUE ONLY TO AN INFLECTED FORM OF A WORD. COMPARATIVES OF ADJECTIVES, &C.

adze, adds.