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[^2] _haven_, [^3] _gate & naut.= port-hole_,
[^4] _= larboard_, [^5] _a wine_.
shingle, [^1] _a wooden tile_, [^2] _gravel_,
[^3] (_in pl._) _a disease_.
shrub, [^1] _a bush_, [^2] _a drink_.
smack, [^1] _a sounding blow_, [^2] _a fishing boat_, [^3] _taste_.
throw, throe.
Also note that _so_ should be added to _sew, sow_, and that the words
_leech_, _leach_, are not sufficiently credited with etymological
variety: [see below p. 33].
To Table II add
when, _wen_.
To Table VIII
The following words, the absence of which has been noted, are not true
homophones:--
crack
fool
fume
gentle
interest
palm
stem
trip
To Table IX add
must [^1] _obs? new wine_, [^2] _verb._
To Shakespearean obsoletes p. 27 add
limn, _lost in_ limb.
* * * * *
THE SKILFUL LEECH
The Poet Laureate has pointed out that several useful words have been
lost to the English language because their identity in sound with
other words renders it impossible to use them without the risk either
of being misunderstood or of calling up undesirable associations.
It is owing to this cause that English--or, at least, the English of
Great Britain--has no word that can correctly be used as a general
designation for a member of the healing profession. In America, I
believe, the word is 'physician'; but in England that appellation
belongs to one branch of the profession exclusively.
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