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Cron i cal, relating to Deign, to vouchsafe

time

Chron i clé, a history

Cinque, five

down

Sink, to go
Ci on, a sprout
Si on, a mountain

Cite, to summon
Site, situation
Sight, a view
Clause, a sentence
Claws, of a bird
Climb, to ascend
Clime, climate
Close, to shut up
Clothes, garments
Coarse, not fine
Course, race, order, &c.
Cof fer, a chest of money
Cough er, one who coughs
Com ple ment, a full num-
ber
Com pli ment, kind words
Cor res pond ence, inter-

Course

Cor res pond ents, who correspond

Courier, a messenger Cur ri er, a dresser of leather

Day, twenty four hours.

Dey, of Algiers

Dear, costly

Deer, a wild animal
De pend ance, reliance
De pend ants, who de
pend

De sert, to forsake
De sart, the last course
Dire, dreadful

Dy er, a stainer of cloth
Doe, a female deer
Dough, bread unbaked
Dol lar, a silver coin
Dol our, grief; sorrow
Dun, a brown colour
Done, performed

E

East, where the sun rises Yeast, the foam of beer Ere, before

E'er, ever

F

Fain, gladly
Fane, a weathercock
Feign, to dissemble
Faint, languid
Feint, a sha attack
Fair, beautiful; clear

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Flour, for bread

Flow er, a blossom
Forth, abroad

Fourth, the number 4

Fore, before
Four, in number

Foul, unclean; filthy
Fowl, a bird
Frays, quarrels
Phrase, a mode of speech
Freeze, to congeal
Frieze, in architecture
G

Gait, manner of walking
Gate, a kind of door
Gall, a bitter substance
Gaul, a Frenchman`
Gild, to adorn with gold,

&c.

Guild, a corporation
Gilt, adorned with gold
Guilt, sin

Glaire, the white of an

egg Glare, to dazzle

Go er, one who goes Gore, clotted with blood, Grate, to burn coals in Great, large

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Hart, a kind of deer
Heart, the seat of life.
Heal, to cure

Heel, part of the foot
He'll, he will
Hear, to hearken
Here, in this place
Heard, did hear
Herd, a drove
Height, up high

Height, called, or named.
Hew, to cut
Hue, a colour:

Hugh, a man's name
Hie, to haste

High, lofty

High er, more high
Hire, wages
Him, that man
Hymn, a divine song
Ho! an interjection
Hoe, a garden tool

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Lacks, doth lack
Lax, loose

Lade, to dip water
Laid, placid
Lain, did lie

Lane, a narrow street

Leaf, of a tree

Lief, willingly
Led, did lead

Lead, soft heavy metal

Leek, a kind of pot-herb
Leak, to run out
Les sen, to make less
Les son, a task

Let tice, a woman's name
Let tuce, a sallad herb
Levee, attendance

court

at

Le vy, to lay taxes
Li ar, one who tells les
Li er, one lying in wait
Lyre, a musical instru-
ment
Lick er ish, over nice
Lic or rice, a sweet root
Limb, a member

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Made, did make

Maid, a waiting woman

Mail, a packet
Male, the he kind
Main, chief

Mane, of a horse
Maize, Indian corn
Maze, a labyrinth
Mall, a wooden hammer
Maul, to beat

Man ner, form, custom
Man or, a jurisdiction
Mare, feminine of a horse
May or, a magistrate
Mar shall, an officer
Mar ti al, warlike
Mar ten, a bird

Mar tin, a man's name
Mead, a liquor
Mede, a man of Media
Meed, a reward
Mean, low, uigardly
Mien, air, aspect
Meat, food

Meet, to come together
Meet, measure
Med al, coin
Med dle, to interpose

Med lar, a fruit
Med dler, a busy body
Mes sage, an erraud
Mes suage, a house
Me tal, gold, silver, iron,

. &c.

Met tle, spirit

Mewl, to cry as a child
Mule, a beast of burthen
Mews, the cry of a cat
Muse, to ponder
Might, power
Mite, a sma insect

Min er, a worker in mines
Min or, one under age
Moan, to lament
Mown, cut down
Moat, a ditch

Mote, a particle of dust
More, a greater quantity
Mow er, one who mows

N

Nat, Nathaniel
Goat, a small stinging fly
Nap, a short sleep
Knap, of a hat, or cloths
Na val, relating to ships
Na vel, a part of the body
Naught, bad
Nought, nothing
Nay, not

Neigh, as a horse
Nave, of a wheel
Knave, a rascal
Need, necessity
Knead, to work dough
Neal, to temper by heat
Kneel, to rest on the knee
Nell Eleanor

Knell, the sound of a bell
New, not old

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Pail, a wooden bucket
Pale, wanting colour
Pain, torment
Pane, a square of glass
Pair, a couple
Pare, to cut off
Pear, a fruit

Payer, one who pays
Pall, a funeral cloth
Paul, a man's name
Pau el, part of a door
Pan nel, a kind of saddle
Pa ti ence, endurance
Pa ti ents, sick persons
Pause, a stop

Paws, the feet of a beast
Peace, quietness
Piece, a part

Peak, the top of any thing
Pique, a grudge
Peal, a ring of bells

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Peel, a rind

Pe ter, a man's name
Pe tre, salt-petre
Place, situation
Plaice, a kind of fish
Plain, even
Plane, joiner's tool
Plait, a fold

Plate, wrought silver
Pleas, pleading
Please, to delight
Plum, a kind of fruit,
Plumb, a weight on a line
Poe sy, poetry
Po sy, a nosegay
Pole, a long stick
Poll, the bead

Pore, of the skin

Pour, to pour water
Prac tice, use, or habit

Prac tise, to exercise
Praise, commendation
Prays, prayeth
Pray, to beseech
Prey, a booty

Pre sence, being present
Pre sents, gifts
Pri er, one who pries
Pri or, former
Pries, searches into
Prize, to value
Prin ci pal, chief

Prin ci ple, a first cause

Pro fit, gain
Proph et, a foreteller

Q

Quean, a dirty woman Queen, a king's wife Quire, 24 sheets of paper Choir, a set of singers

Race, to run

Rase, to blot out
Rain, falling water
Rein, of a bridle
Reign, to rule
Raise, to set up
Rays, beams of light
Raze, to demolish
Rap, to strike smartly
Wrap, to fold together
Rare, uncommon
Rear, to erect

Razor, a tool to shave with
Rais er, one who raises
Red, a kind of colour

Read, perused

Reed, a kind of plant,
Reek smoak

Wreak, to exercise ven

geance

Rest, repose

Wrest, to force

Retch, to vomit

Wretch,a miserable person
Rime, a freezing mist
Rhyme, in verse
Rice, a sort of grain.
Rise, origin

Rig ger, one who rigs
Rig our, severity
Right, just and truc
Rite, a ceremony
Write, with a pen
Wright, a workman
Road, the high way
Rode, did ride
Row ed, did row

Roe, a female deer
Row, a rank; or to work
a boat

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