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 (_monopoly_).
pommel (_s._), pummel (_v._).
refrain (_v._), refrain (_s., in verse_).
retort (_reply_), retort (_chemical vessel_).
second (_number_), second (_of time_).
squall (_v._), squall (_a gale_).
slab (_s._), slab (_adj._).
smart (_s. and v., sting_), smart (_adj._).
stave (_of barrel_), stave (_of music_), [_stave in (v.)_].
stick (_s._), stick (_v._).
stock (_stone_), stock (_in trade_), &c.
strut (_a support_), strut (_to walk_).
share (_division_), share (_plough_).
sheet (_sail and clew_), sheet (_-anchor_).
shear (_clip_), sheer (_clear_), sheer off (_deviate_).
tack (_various_), tack (_naut._).
ton, tun.
wage (_earnings_), wage (_of war_).
IX. THE FOLLOWING WORDS WERE NOT ADMITTED INTO THE MAIN CLASS CHIEFLY
ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR UNIMPORTANCE.
ah! are.
arse, ass.
ask, aske (_newt_)
ayah, ire.
bah! bar, baa.
barb, barb (_horse_).
bask, basque.
barn, barne = bairn.
budge, budge (_stuff_).
buff, buff.
buffer, buffer.
berg, burgh (_suffixes_).
bin, bin = been.
broke (_v._ of _broke_), broke (fr. _break_).
broom, brume (_fog_).
darn, darn.
fizz, phiz.
few, feu.
forty, forte.
hay, heigh!
hem (_sew_), hem (_v._, _haw_).
hollow, hollo (_v._).
inn, in.
yawl (_boat_), yawl (_howl_).
coup, coo.
lamb, lam (_bang_).
loaf, loaf (_v. laufen_).
marry! marry (_v._).
nag (_pony_), nag (_to gnaw_), knag.
nap (_of cloth_), nap (_sleep_).
nay, neigh.
oh! owe.
ode, owed.
oxide, ox-eyed.
pax, packs.
pants, pants (fr. _pant_).
prose, pros (_and cons_).
sink (_var._), cinque.
swayed, suede (_kid_).
ternary, turnery.
tea, tee (_starting point_).
taw (_to dress skins_), taw (_game, marbles_), tore (fr. _tear_).
cheap, cheep.
tool, tulle,
we! woe.
ho! hoe.
The facts of the case being now sufficiently supplied by the above
list, I will put my attitude towards those facts in a logical sequence
under separate statements, which thus isolated will, if examined one
by one, avoid the confusion that their interdependence might otherwise
occasion. The sequence is thus: