A Dictionary of English Rhymes

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J. H. Barry, 1928 - Всего страниц: 74
 

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Стр. 8 - ... ally, apply, awry, bely, comply, decry, defy, descry, deny, imply, espy, outvie, outfly, rely, reply, supply, untie, amplify, beautify, certify, crucify, deify, dignify, edify, falsify, fortify, gratify, glorify, indemnify, justify, magnify, modify, mollify, mortify, pacify, petrify, purify, putrify, qualify, ratify, rectify, sanctify, satisfy, scarify, signify, specify, stupefy, terrify, testify, verify, vilify, vitrify, vivify, prophesy, high, nigh, sigh, thigh. Such words as lunacy, polygamy,...
Стр. 27 - ANK. Rank, blank, shank, clank, dank, drank, slank, frank, spank, stank, lank, plank, prank, rank, thank, disrank, mountebank, &c. ANSE, see ANCE. ANT. Ant, cant, chant, grant, pant, plant, rant, slant, aslant, complaisant, displant, enchant, gallant, implant, recant, supplant, transplant, absonant, adamant, arrogant, combatant, consonant, cormorant, protestant, significant, visitant, covenant, dissonant, disputant, elegant...
Стр. 57 - A homonym is a word that has the same sound as another word but has a different meaning and usually a different spelling.
Стр. 29 - Bill, chill, fill, drill, gill, hill, ill, kill, mill, pill, quill, rill, shrill, fill, skill, spill, still, swill, thrill, till, trill, will, distill, fulfill, instill, codicil, daffodil.
Стр. 27 - ... verbs which are allowed to rhyme with the termination are, as bars, cars, errs, prefers, &c. ARF. Scarf. Allowable rhymes, dwarf, wharf. ARGE. Barge, charge, large, targe, discharge, o'ercharge, surcharge, enlarge. Allowable rhymes, verge, emerge, gorge, forge, urge, Ace.
Стр. 72 - Nares gives the sound of broad a to o in the following words : off, often, offer, coffee, scoff, aloft, loft, soft, cross, loss, toss, cost, frost, lost, tost, broth, cloth, froth, cough, and trough.
Стр. 72 - To these others might with equal propriety, be added, as offspring, dross, gloss, moss, moth, wroth. Mr. Smart remarks, 'that before ss, st, and th, the letter o is frequently sounded aw; as in moss, gloss, &c., lost, cost, &c., broth, cloth, &c. This practice is analogous to the broad utterance which the letter a...
Стр. 57 - Aisle, isle, I'll. All, awl. Altar, alter. Arc, ark. Ascent, assent. Ate, eight. Auger, augur. Aught, ought.
Стр. 68 - In monosyllables and in words accented on the last syllable a vowel has the long sound when it is followed by one consonant and final e; as, i in fine and o in depose.

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