Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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DUN (_adj._): now only in combination as dun-coloured.
EAR = to plough. FAIN and FEIGN: prob. mutual loss due to undefined sense of FAIN. n.b. FANE also obsolete. FEAT (_adj._) and FEATLY: well lost. FERE. FIT = section of a poem. FLAW: now confined to a flaw in metal, &c. FLEET (_verb_) and FLEETING, as in the sun-dial motto, 'Time like this shade doth fleet and fade.' FOIL: common verb, obsolete. GEST: lost in _jest_. GIRD = to scoff: an old well-established word. GOUT = a drop of liquor. GUST = taste (well lost). HALE = haul (well lost). |
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