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Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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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.
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