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rivalship, and all words in ship with the accent on the antepenultimate. Allowable rhymes, wipe, gripe, leap, heap, &c.

IPE.

Gripe, pipe, ripe, snipe, type, stripe, wipe, archetype, prototype. Allowable rhymes, chip, lip, workmanship, &c.

IPSE.

Eclipse, rhymes the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense in ip, as lips, strips, &c. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in ipe, as gripes, wipes, &c.

IR, see UR. IRCH, see URCH. IRD, see URD.

IRE.

Fire, dire, hire, ire, lyre, mire, quire, sire, spire, squire, hire, wire, tire, attire, acquire, admire, aspire, conspire, desire, inquire, entire, expire, inspire, require, retire, transpire, pyre. Perfect rhymes, friar, liar, briar, and nouns formed from verbs ending in ie or y, as crier, dyer; as also the comparative of adjectives of the same sounding terminations, as nigher, shier, &c.

IRGE, see ERGE.

IRL.

Girl, whirl, twirl. Nearly perfect rhymes, curl, furl, churl, &c.

&c.

IRM.

Firm, affirm, confirm, infirm. Nearly perfect rhymes, worm, term,

IRST, see URST. IRT, see URT.

IRTH.

Birth, mirth. Perfect rhymes, earth, dearth; which see.

ISS.

Bliss, miss, hiss, kiss, this, abyss, amiss, submiss, dismiss, remiss. Allowable rhymes, mice, spice, pease, lease, &c.

IS, pronounced like IZ.

Is, his, whiz.

ISE, see ICE, and IZE.

ISH.

Dish, fish, wish, cuish.

ISK.

Brisk, frisk, disk, risk, whisk, basilisk, tamarisk.

Crisp, wisp, lisp.

ISP.

IST.

Fist, list, mist, twist, wrist, assist, consist, desist, exist, insist, persist, resist, subsist, alchemist, amethyst, anatomist, antagonist, annalist, evangelist, eucharist, exorcist, herbalist, humorist, oculist, organist, satirist, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in iss, as missed, hissed, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ice, as spiced, sliced, &c.

IT.

Bit, cit, hit, fit, grit, flit, knit, nit, pit, quit, sit, split, twit, wit, whit, writ, admit, acquit, commit, emit, omit, outwit, permit, remit, submit, transmit, refit, benefit, perquisite. Allowable rhymes, beat, heat bite, mite, light, &c.

ITCH and ICH.

Ditch, pitch, rich, which, flitch, itch, stitch, switch, twitch, witch, bewitch, nich, enrich.

ITE and IGHT.

Bite, cite, kite, blite, mite, quite, rite, smite, spite, trite, white, write, contrite, disunite, despite, endite, excite, incite, invite, polite, requite, recite, unite, re-unite, aconite, appetite, parasite, proselyte, expedite. Perfect rhymes, blight, benight, bright, fight, flight, fright, height, light, knight, night, might, wight, plight, right, tight, slight, sight, spright, wight, affright, alight, aright, foresight, delight, despite, unsight, upright, benight, bedight, oversight. Allowable rhymes, eight, height, weight, bit, hit, favourite, hypocrite, infinite, requisite, opposite, apposite, exquisite, &c.

"Nor lose for that malignant dull delight,

The gen'rous pleasure to be charmed with wit."-POPE.

"So bees bear gravel-stones, whose poising weight

Steers through the whistling winds their steady flight."-DRYDEN.

ITH.

Pith, smith, frith.

ITHE.

Hithe, blithe, tithe, scythe, writhe, lithe. Allowable rhyme, with.

IVE.

Five, dive, alive, gyve, hive, drive, rive, shrive, strive, thrive, arrive, connive, contrive, deprive, derive, revive, survive. Allowable rhymes, give, live, sieve, forgive, outlive, fugitive, laxative, narrative, prerogative, primitive, sensitive, vegetive, affirmative, alternative, contemplative, demonstrative, diminutive, distributive, donative, inquisitive, lenitive, negative, perspective, positive, preparative, provocative, purgative, restorative.

"Then sculpture and her sister-arts revive,

Stones leaped to form, and rocks began to live.”—POPE.

IX.

Fix, six, flix, mix, affix, infix, prefix, transfix, intermix, crucifix, &c., and the plurals of nouns and third persons of verbs in ick, as wicks, licks, &c. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ike, as pikes, likes, &c.

IXT.

Betwixt, rhymes the preterites and participles of verbs in ix, as fixed, mixed, &c.

ISE and IZE.

Prize, wise, rise, size, guise, disguise, advise, authorise, canonise, chastise, civilise, comprise, criticise, despise, devise, enterprise, ex- . cise, exercise, idolise, immortalise, premise, revise, signalise, solemnise, surprise, surmise, suffice, sacrifice, sympathise, tyrannise, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in ie or y, as pies, lies, he replies, &c. Allowable rhymes, miss, hiss, precipice, &c.

"In prospects thus some objects please our eyes,
Which out of nature's common order rise,

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The shapeless rock or hanging precipice."-POPE.

Unthought-of frailties cheat us in the wise,

The fool lies hid in inconsistencies."-POPE.

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Broach, coach, poach, abroach, approach, encroach, reproach.

Perfect rhyme, loach. Allowable rhymes, botch, notch, mutch, hutch, &c.

OAD, see AUD and ODE. OAF, see OFF. OAK, see OKE. OAL, see OLE. OAM, see OME. OAN, see ONE. OAP, see OPE. OAR, see ORE. OARD, see ORD. OAST, see OST. OAT, see OTE. OATH, see OTH.

OB.

Fob, bob, mob, knob, sob, rob, throb. Perfect rhymes, swab, squab. Allowable rhymes, daub, globe, robe, dub, &c.

OBE.

Globe, lobe, probe, robe, conglobe. Allowable rhymes, fob, mob, rub, dub, daub, &c.

OCE, see OSE.

оск.

Block, lock, cock, clock, crock, dock, frock, flock, knock, mock, rock, shock, stock, sock. Allowable rhymes, oak, poke, cloke, look, took, buck, suck, &c.

"Thus when the swain, within a hollow rock,

Invades the bees with suffocating smoke."-Dryden.

ост.

Concoct, rhymes the preterites and participles of verbs in ock, as blocked, locked, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in oak and oke, as croaked, soaked, yoked, &c.

OD.

Clod, God, rod, sod, trod, nod, plod, odd, rod, shod. Allowable rhymes, ode, code, mode, and the preterites and participles of verbs in ow, as sowed, did sow, &c.

ODE and OAD.

Bode, ode, code, mode, rode, abode, corrode, explode, forebode, commode, incommode, episode, &c. Perfect rhymes, road, toad, goad, load, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ow, as owed, showed, &c. Allowable rhymes, blood, flood, clod, hod, nod, broad, fraud, &c. See OOD.

"High on Parnassus' top her sons she showed,

And pointed out those arduous paths they trod."—Pope.

"In vain the barns expect their promised load,

Nor barns at home, nor ricks are reaped abroad."-DRYDEN.

"With olives ever green the ground is strewed,

And grapes ungathered shed their generous blood."-Dryden.

OE, see OW.

OFF and OUGH.

Off, scoff, &c. Perfect rhymes, cough, trough, &c. Allowable rhymes, oaf, loaf, proof, roof, &c. See OOF.

OFT..

Oft, croft, soft, aloft, &c,, and the preterites and participles of verbs in off and uff, as scoffed, &c.

OG.

Hog, bog, cog, dog, clog, fog, frog, log, jog, &c. Perfect rhymes, dialogue, epilogue, agog, synagogue, catalogue, pedagogue. Allowable rhymes, rogue, vogue, &c.

OGUE.

Rogue, vogue, prorogue, collogue, disembogue. Allowable rhymes, bog, log, dialogue, &c.

OICE.

Choice, voice, rejoice. Allowable rhymes, nicê, vice, rice, &c.

OID.

Void, avoid, devoid, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in oy, as buoyed, cloyed, &c. Allowable rhymes, hide, bide, ride, &c.

OIL.

Oil, boil, coil, moil, soil, spoil, toil, despoil, embroil, recoil, turmoil, disembroil. Allowable rhymes, isle, while, tile, &c.

OIN.

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Coin, join, subjoin, groin, loin, adjoin, conjoin, disjoin, enjoin, purloin, rejoin. Allowable rhymes, whine, wine, fiue, &c. INE.

OINT.

Oint, joint, point, disjoint, anoint, appoint, disappoint, counterpoint. Allowable rhyme, pint.

OISE.

Poise, noise, counterpoise, equipoise, &c., and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in oy, as boys,

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