Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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MOUSE (_verb_): to bite and tear. MOW = a grimace. MUSE = to wonder: lost in _amuse_ and _Muse_. NEAT = ox. OUNCE = pard. PALL = to fail. PEAK: survives only in 'peak and pine' and in _peaky_. PELTING = paltry, also PELT = a skin, lost. PILL = to plunder. PINK = ornamental slashing of dress. POKE = pocket. POLL = to cut the hair. QUARRY (as used in sport). QUEAN = a woman. RACK (of clouds). |
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