The object of that list was to convince
readers of the magnitude of the mischief, and the consequent
necessity for preserving niceties of pronunciation: evidence of its
incompleteness must strengthen its plea. The following words may be
added; they are set here in the order of the literary alphabet.
Add to Table I (p. 7)
band, [^1] _a tie_, [^2] _a company_.
bend, [^1] _verb_, [^2] _heraldic sub._
bay, [^1] _tree_, [^2] _arm of sea_, [^3] _window_,
[^4] _barking of dog_, and '_at bay_',
[^5] _a dam_, [^6] _of antler_, [^7] _a colour_.
blaze, [^1] _of flame_, [^2] _to sound forth_.
bluff, [^1] _adj. & sub. = broad = fronted_,
[^2] _blinker_, [^3] _sub. and v. confusing_ [^1] _and_ [^2].
boom, [^1] _to hum_, [^2] _= beam_.
cant, [^1] _whine_, [^2] _to tilt_.
chaff, [^1] _of wheat_, [^2] _= chafe (slang)_.
cove, [^1] _a recess_, [^2] _= chap (slang)_.
file, [^1] _string_, [^2] _rasp_, [^3] _= to defile_.
grave, [^1] _sub._, [^2] _adj._
hind, [^1] _fem. of stag_, [^2] _a peasant_, [^3] _adj. of behind_.
limb, [^1] _member_, [^2] _edge_, [^3] limn.
limber, [^1] _shaft of cart (verb in artillery)_,
[^2] _naut. subs._, [^3] _adj. pliant_.
loom, [^1] _subs._, [^2] _v._
nice, gneiss.
ounce, [^1] _animal_, [^2] _a weight_.
plash, [^1] _= pleach_, [^2] _a puddle_.
port, [^1] _demeanour, & military v.
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