Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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HIGHT = named.
HOAR: only kept in combination, hoar-frost, hoar hairs. HOSE: lost, though hosier remains, but specialized in _garden-hose, &c._ HUE: not now used of colour. IMBRUED (with blood): prob. lost in _brewed_. JADE: almost confined to _jaded_(?). KEEL = cool. LIST: as in 'as you list'. MAIL: now only in combination, coat of mail, &c. MARRY! MATED = confused in mind (well lost). MEED: lost in _mead_ = meadow (also obs.) _and mead=metheglin_. METE and METELY = fitting, also METE in 'mete it out', both lost in _meet_ and _meat_. MERE (_subs._). |
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