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APPENDIX.

A LIST of WORDS, alike in Sound, but different in Spelling and Signification.

AIL, sickness;

Ale, malt liquor.
Air, an element.
Heir, to an estate.
All, the whole.
Awl, an instrument.
Al-tar, for sacrifice.
Al-ter, to change.
Ant, an emmet.
Aunt, a relation.

As-cent, steepness.
As-sent, agreement.
Au-ger, to bore with.
Au-gur, one who foretells.
Bail, surety.

Bale, a pack of goods.
Ball, a round substance.
Bawl, to cry out.

Bare, without covering.
Bear, a beast,

Bear, to suffer or carry.

Base, vile.

Bass, in musick.

Be, to exist.

Bee, an insect. Beau, a man of dress. Bow, to shoot with.

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Beer, malt drink.

Bier, to carry the dead. Ber-ry, a small fruit. Bur-y, to inter the dead. Beat, to strike. Beet, a root.

Bolt, for a door.
Boult, to sift.
Bough, a branch.
Bow, an act of reverence.
Bred, brought up.
Bread, for food.
Bur-row, for rabbits.
Bor-ough, a town corporate.
By, near to.

Buy, to purchase.
Cal-en-dar, a register.
Cal-en-der, to dress cloth.
Call, to cry aloud.
Caul, of a wig.
Can-non, a great gun.
Can-on, a rule or law.

Ceil-ing, covering of a room.
Seal-ing, setting a seal.
Cell, a small room.
Sell, to dispose of.

Cel-lar, a vault.

Sell-er, one who sells.

Cent, the hundredth part of a Sent, ordered away.

Scent, a smell.

Col-lar, for the neck.

Chol-er, anger.

Cord, a small rope.

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Chord, agreement in sound.
Ci-on, a young shoot.

Si-on, the name of a mountain. Cite, to summon.

Sight, a seeing.

Chron-i-cle, a history.
Chron-i-cal, of long continu

Clime, a climate.

Blue, a colour.

Ca

ew, did blow.

Care

Carp

ore, to make holes.

Carry,ar, a swine.

Climb, to clamber up.

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Coz-en, to cheat.
Dear, of great price.
Deer, a wild animal.
Dew, falling water.
Due, owing.
Die, to expire.
Dye, to colour.
Doe, a female deer.
Dough, bread unbaked.

Dun, brown colour.
Done, performed.
Fane, a temple.

Fain, gladly.

Feign, to dissemble.
Faint, weary.
Feint, a pretence.

Fair, clear, handsome.
Fare, food.
Fel-low, an associate.

Fel-loe, the rim of a wheel.

Flee, to run away.

Flea, an insect.

Flow-er, of the field.

Flour, for bread.

Foul, filthy.

Fowl, a bird.

Forth, abroad.

Fourth, in number.

Fran-cis, a man's name.
Fran-ces, a woman's name.

Gate, a door of a city.
Gait, manner of walking.
Gilt, with gold.
Guilt, a crime.

Grate, made of bars.

Great, large.

Groan, a hard sigh.

Grown, increased.

Hail, frozen drops of water. Hale, sound, healthy.

Hail, to salute.

Hair, of the head,
Hare, an animal.

Hall, a great room.
Haul, to pull.

Hart, an animal.
Heart, the seat of life.

Heal, to cure

Heel, of the foot.
Hear, to hearken.
Here, in this place.

Herd, of cattle.
Heard, did hear,
Hew, to cut off.
Hue, colour.

Hugh, a man's name.
Hire, avages.

High-er, more high.
Him, that man.

Hymn, a sacred song.
Hoard, to heap up.

Horde, a wandering tribe. I, myself.

Eye, an organ of sight. Isle, an island.

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Ile, an alley in a chnrch.
I'll, for I will.
In, within.

Inn, a tavern.
In-dite, to compose.

In-dict, to impeach.

Kill, to slay.
Kiln, of brick.
Lain, did lie.

Lane, a narrow passage.
Lash, to strike.
Leash, to bind.

Leak, to run out.
Leek, a kind of onion.

Led, conducted.

Lead, a heavy metal
Les-sen, to make less.
Les-son, in reading.
Li-ar, a teller of lies.
Lyre, a harp.
Leave, permission.
Lieve, willingly.

Limb, a leg or arm.

Limn, to paint.

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Dear, of great p
Deer, a wild anim

Dew, falling wantay.
Due, owing.
Die, to expire.
Dye, to colour.

Doe, a female deer.
Dough, bread unbaked.

Dun, brown colour.
Done, performed.
Fane, a temple.

Fain, gladly,

Feign, to dissemble.
Faint, weary.
Feint, a pretence.

Fair, clear, handsome.
Fare, food.
Fel-low, an associate.

Fel-loe, the rim of a wheel.

Flee, to run away.

Flea, an insect.

Flow-er, of the field.

Flour, for bread.

Foul, filthy.

Fowl, a bird.

Forth, abroad.

Fourth, in number.

Fran-cis, a man's name.

Fran-ces, a woman's name.

Gate, a door of a city.
Gait, manner of walking.
Gilt, with gold.
Guilt, a crime.

Grate, made of bars.

Great, large.

Groan, a hard sigh.

Grown, increased.

Hail, frozen drops of water. Hale, sound, healthy.

Hail, to salute.

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Too, also.

Two, couple.

Vale, a valley.

Veil, a covering.

Vane, a plate to show the course [of the wind.

Isle, Vain, proud.

a blood vessel.

Aisle, aromall bottle

Ile,

pical instrument.

I'll, for I will.
In, within.

Inn, a tavern.

In-dite, to compose.

In-dict, to impeach.

Kill, to slay.

Kiln, of brick.
Lain, did lie.

Lane, a narrow passage........
Lash, to strike.
Leash, to bind.
Leak, to run out.

Leek, a kind of onion.
Led, conducted.

Lead, a heavy metal
Les-sen, to make less.
Les-son, in reading.
Li-ar, a teller of lies.
Lyre, a harp.
Leave, permission.
Lieve, willingly.

Limb, a leg or arm.

Limn, to paint.

VULGARISMS AND IMPROPRIETIES.

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Some of the most common Improprieties in Pronunciation, corrected.

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Conceit, not consait.

Concern, not consarn.

Confiscate, not confisticate. Contem'plate, not con'template: Contraband, not countraband. Cord, not coard.

Cornice, not cornish.

Cor'oner, not crowner.
Cotton, not cotton wool.
Cov'er, not kivver.
Courtesy, not curchy.
Crupper, not crooper.

Curve,

well,}

Sourb,
not of a well.

Cutlass, not cutlash.
Crystal, not crystial.
Dandruff, not dander.
Da'nger, not dannger.
Daughter, not darter.
Daunt, not dant.

Demon'strate, not dem'onstrate.
Deci'sive, not decisive.
Des'ert, not de'sert.
Deserve, not desarve.
Determine, not detarmine.
Dictionary, not dicsonary.
Digest', not disgest.
Discern, not diszarn.
Disable, not disenable.
District, not deestrict.
Divorce, not disvorce.

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Do, not doe, nor du. Drain, not dreen.

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