Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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HOMOPHONE. WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE MEANING, THIS CAUSES
SO LITTLE INCONVENIENCE THAT THE FOLLOWING NAMES (BEING IN THAT CONDITION) HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM LIST I.[7] bleak (_fish_), bleak (_adj._). dace, dais. gull (_bird_), gull (_s. and v._). carp, carp (_v._). cod, cod (_husk_). 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. |
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