Key, s. an instrument to open a lock.

Quay, s. a wharf.

Knot, s. a complication of a string. Not, adv. the particle of denying. Lacks, v. 3rd pers. sing. of lack. Lax, adj. loose.

Lade, v. to load, freight.

Laid, past part. of lay, to place. Lair, s. the den of a beast of prey. Layer, s. lamina of one kind of matter lying upon another. Lain, past part. of lie, to repose. Lane, s. a narrow way. Lapse, s. flow, a small mis ake.

Laps, v 3rd pers. sing. of to lap. Leak, s a breach or hole to let in water.

Leck, s. a species of onion. Least, adj. the superlative of little. Leased, v. the past tense of lease, to let out.

Led, v. past tense of lead, to conduct.

Lead, s. a well-known heavy

metal.

Lee, s. the side opposite to the wind.

Lea, s. inclosed ground. Lees, s. pl. dregs, sediment.

Leas, s. pl. of lea, inclosed
ground,

Lesson, s. a precept, a portion.
Lessen, v. to diminish.
Levy, s. the act of raising men.
Levec, s. a party convened to
pay respects to the king, &c.
Lier, s. one who lies in wait.
Liar, s. one who tells falsehoods.

Lyre, s. a harp.

Loan, s. a sum of money lent to be returned.

Lone, adj. solitary.

Lock, s. an instrument for fastening doors.

Loch or lough, s. a lake. Lore, s. learning.

Lower, v. to fall, to sink. Low, adj. weak, poor.

Lo! interj. behold!

Lynx, s. a wild beast remarkable for sharp sight.

Links, s. plur. of link, a single link of a chain. Maid, s. a virgin.

Made, v. past tense of make. Mail, s. armour, a bag of letters. Male, s. the he of any species. Mane, s. the hair hanging down from the neck of horses.

Main, s. the ocean; adj. principal.

Manners, s. plur. a general way of life.

Manors, s. pl. of manor, a dis

trict belonging to a lord. Marshal, s. the chief officer of

arms.

Marshall, s. an English family

name.

Martial, adj. warlike."

Marten, s. a large kind of weasel. Martin, s. a man's christian

name.

Mare, s. the female of horse.

Mayor, s. the chief magistrate of a corporation.

labyrinth.

Maize, s. Indian wheat.

Mead, s. a meadow.

Mecd, s. reward, recompense.

Mean, adj. base.

Mien, s. air, look.

Medal, s. a piece of metal struck

to preserve the memory of

Mersey, s. a river in England.
Mercy, s. pity.

Message, s. an errand.

Messuage, s. a dwelling place.

Metal, s. a hard compact body,

capable of fusion.

Metile, s. spirit, courage.

Metre, s. harmonic disposition of syllables.

Meter, s. a measurer. Might, s. power.

Mite, s. a small insect found in cheese.

Mighty, adj. powerful.

Mity, adj. swarming with mites..

Pier, s. a mass of stone opposed as a fortress against the sea. Peerage, s. the dignity of a peer. Pierage, s. a toll for making use of a pier.

Pendant, s. a jewel for the ear.
Pendent, adj. hanging.

Phrase, s. two or more words rightly put together.

Frays, s. plur. of fray, a violent quarrel.

Pict, s. a tribe of Gauls occupyir the N. of Scotland. Picked, v. past tense of pick. Pilot, s. one who steers a ship. Pilate, s. a governor of Judea mentioned in Scripture.

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Place, s. local existence.

Plaice, s. a kind of flat sea-fish.

Plane, s. a joiner's tool to smooth

with. Plain, s. ground. Plate, s. a small hollow vessel of porcelain.

an extent of level

Plait, s. a fold, a double.

Please, v. to gratify, content.
Pleas, s. plur. of plea.
Plum, s. a kind of fruit.

Plumb, s. a leaden weight at the
end of a line.

Poll, s. the head, a list of voters.
Pole, s. a long staff.
Poor, v. indigent.

Pore, v. to look intently; s. a
spiracle of the skin.

Populace, s. the common people. Populous, adj. full of people. Practice, s. habit, exercise. Practise, v. to do habitually. Praise, s. commendation.

Prays, v.3rd pers. sing. of pray. Preys, v. 3rd pers. sing. of prey. Pray, v. to offer petitions to hea

ven.

Prey, s. something to be devoured.

Precedent, s. a rule for future times.

President, s. one placed with authority over others.

Quartz, s. a kind of stone.

Quarts, s. plur. of quart. Queen, s. the wife of a king.

Quean, s. a worthless woman. Rabbit, s. a small furry quadruped. Rabbet, s. a sort of joint in joinery.

Rain, s. the moisture that falls from the clouds. Reign, s. sovereignty.

Rein, s. part of a horse's bridle. Rains, v. 3rd pers. sing. of rain. Reigns, v. 3rd pers. sing. of reign, to govern.

Reins, v. 3rd pers. sing. of vein, to check, curb.

Rap, v. to strike smartly.

Wrap, v. to involve, to cover round.

Raze, v. to overthrow.

Rays, s. plur. of ray.

Raise, v. to set upright, to erect. Red, adj. of the colour of blood. Read, v. past tense of read. Reed, s. a hollow knotted stalk. Read, v. to peruse. Rest, v. to be at ease.

Wrest, v. to twist by violence.

Rigour, s. severity.

Rigger, s. one employed in rigging ships.

Rime, s. hoar frost, a chink.

Rhyme, s. correspondence of the last sound of one line with the last of another.

Ring, v. to sound as a bell.
Wring, v. to turn round vio-
lently.

Rite, s. a solemn act of religion.
Right, s. justice.

Wright, s. an artificer in wood. Write, v. to express by means of letters.

Road, s. a public passage.

Rode, v. past tense of ride. Roads, s. plur. of road.

Rhodes, s. an island in the Medi-
terranean.

Rote, s. mere memory.
Wrote, v. past of write.

Rout, s. multitude, rabble.
Route, s. road, way.

Row, s. rank or file.

Roe, s. the female of the hart. Ruff, s. a puckered linen orna

ment.

Rough, adj. inelegant.

Rye, s. coarse kind of corn.

Wry, adj. crooked, distorted.

Sailor, s. a seaman.

Sailer, s. any vessel that sails,

Sale, s. the act of selling.

Sail, s. a sheet by which the wind impels a vessel.

Same, adj. identical.

Saim, s. hog's lard.

Seam, s. the juncture of two edges.
Secm, v. to have semblance.
Seed, s. the particle which pro-
duces a new plant.
Cede, v. to yield, resign.
Seen, past part. of see.

Scene, s. a centexture of objects.
Sees, v. 3rd pers. sing. of see.
Seas, s. plur. of sea.
Seize, v to lay hold of.

Senior, s. one older than another. Seignior, s. an Italian title of respect.

Sensual, adj. pleasing to the senses. Censual, adj. pertaining to the

census.

Serge, s. a kind of cloth.

Surge, s. a swelling wave.
Sew, v. to join by threats.
Sow, v. to scatter seeds.
So, adv. in like manner.
Shear, v. to clip with shears.
Sheer, adj. pure, unmingled.
Sign, s. a token, a symbol.
Sine, s. a line in geometry.
Signet, s. a seal.

Cygnet, s. a young swan.
Silly, adj. foolish.

Scilly, s. an island off Cornwall. Sink, s. a drain; v. to decline. Cinque, s. the number five.

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Size, s. height.

Sighs, s. plur. of sigh; v. 3rd pers. sing. of sigh.

Slay, v. to kill.

Sley, s. a weaver's reed.

Sleeve, s. part of the dress covering the arm.

Sleave, v. to separate into threads. Slight, s. neglect, contempt. Sleight, s. an artificial trick. Sloe, s. the fruit of the black thorn. Slow, adj. not swift.

pronounced alike.

Soak, v. to drench.

Soke, s. a privilege or jurisdiction.

Soar, v. to fly aloft.

Sore, s. a tender and painful place.

Soared, v. past tense of soar. Sword, s. a hand weapon of