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AN.

Ban, can, dan, man, nan, pan, ran, tan, van, bran, plan, scan, span, than, unman, fore-ran, began, trepan, courtesan, partisan, artisan, pelican, caravan, &c. Allowable rhymes, bane, cane, plain, mane, &c., bean, lean, wan, swan, &c., gone, upon, &c.

ANCE.

Chance, dance, glance, lance, trance, prance, entrance, romance, advance, mischance, complaisance, circumstance, countenance, deliverance, consonance, dissonance, extravagance, ignorance, inheritance, maintenance, temperance, intemperance, exhorbitance, ordinance, concordance, sufferance, sustenance, utterance, arrogance, vigilance, expanse, enhance.

ANCH.

Branch, stanch, lanch, blanch, ranch, hanch. Perfect rhymes, launch, paunch.

AND.

And, band, hand, land, rand, sand, brand, bland, grand, gland, stand, strand, command, demand, countermand, disband, expand, withstand, understand, reprimand, contraband, &c. Allowable rhymes, wand, fond, bond, &c., and the preterits and participles of verbs in ain and ear, as re mained, leaned, &c

ANE, see AIN.
ANG.

Bang, fang, gang, hang, pang, tang, twang, sang, rang, harangue, clang. Allowable rhymes, song, long, &c.

ANGE.

Change, grange, range, strange, estrange, arrange, exchange, interchange. Allowable rhymes, revenge, avenge, &c.

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, elephan exhorbitant, conversant, extravagant, ignorant, insignificant, inhabitant, militant, predomi nant, sycophant, vigilant, petulant, &c. Allowable rhymes, faint, paint, &c. See AINT and ÉNT.

AP.

Cap, gap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, tap, chap, clap, trap, flap, knap, slap, snap, wrap, scrap, strap, enwrap, entrap, mishap, &c. Allowable rhymes, cape, tape, &c., cheap, heap, and swap.

APE.

Ape, cape, chape, grape, rape, scrape, shape, escape, mape, crape, tape, &c. Allowable rhymes, heap, keep, &c.

APH, see AFF.
APSE.

Lapse, elapse, relapse, perhaps, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of the present tense in ap, as caps, maps, &c., he saps, he laps, &c. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ape and eap, as apes, he apes, heaps, he heaps, &c.

APT.

Apt, adapt, &c., rhymes, the preterits and participles of the verbs in ap, as tapped, slapped, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterits and participles of the verbs in ape, as aped, escaped, &c.

AR.

Bar, car, far, jar, mar, par, tar, spar, scar, star, chair, afar, debar, unbar, catarrh, particular, perpendicular, secular, angular, regular, popular, singular, titular, vinegar, scimeter, calendar, colander. Perfect rhyme, the plural verb are. Allowable rhymes, bare, prepare, &c., pair, repair, wear, tear, war, &c., and words ending in er or or, having the accent on the last syllable, or last but two. ARB.

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Farce, parse, Mars, &c. Allowable rhyme, scarce.

ARCH.

Arch, march, parch, starch, countermarch, &c.

ARD.

Bard, card, guard, hard, lard, nard, shard, yard, bombard, discard, re gard, interlard, retard, disregard, &c., and the preterits and participles verbs in ar, as barred, scarred, &c. Allowable rhymes, cord, reward, &c

ARD.

Ward, award, reward, &c. Allowable rhymes, hard, card, see the last article, hoard, lord, bird, curd, and the preterits and participles of the verbs in ar, or, and ur, as barred, abhorred, incurred, &c.

ARE.

Bare, care, dare, fare, hare, mare, pare, tare, rare, ware, flare, glare, scare, share, snare, spare, square, stare, sware, prepare, aware, beware, compare, declare, ensnare. Perfect rhymes, air, fair, hair, lair, pair, chair, stair, affair, debonnair, despair, impair, repair, &c., bear, pear, swear, tear, wear, forbear, forswear, &c, there, were, where, ere, e'er, ne'er, elsewhere, whate'er, howe'er, howsoe'er, whene'er, where'er, &c., heir, coheir, their. Allowable rhymes, bar, car, &c., err, prefer, and here, hear, &c., regular, singular war, &c. ARES.

Unawares. Rhymes, theirs, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in are, air, eir, ear, as care, he cares, pair, he pairs, heirs, bear, he bears, &c. The allowable rhymes are the plurals of nouns and th third persons singular of verbs which are allowed to rhyme with the termina tion ars, 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, &c.

ARK.

Bark, cark, clark, dark, lark, mark, park, shark, spark, stark, embark remark, &o Allowable rhymes, cork, fork, &c.

AKL.

Snarl, marl, parl. Allowable rhymes, curl, furl, &c.

ARM.

Arm, barm, charm, farm, harm, alarm, disarm. Allowable rhymes, warm swarm, storm, &c.

Barn, yarn, &c.

Warn, forwarn.

barn, yarn, &c.

ARN.

Allowable rhymes, warn, forewarn, &c., horn, morn, &c

ARN.

Perfect rhymes, horn morn, &c. Allowalle rhyme.

ARP.

Carp, harp, sharp, counterscarp, &c. Allowable rhyme, warp.

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Art, cart, dart, hart, mart, part, smart, tart, start, apart, depart, impart dispart, counterpart. Perfect rhymes, heart, &c. Allowable rhymes, wart thwart, &c., hurt, &c., dirt, flirt, &c., pert, &c.

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ART (sounded ORT).

Perfect rhymes, short, retort, &c. Allowable rhymes,

ARTH, see EARTH.

ARVE.

Carve, starve, &c. Allowable rhymes, nerve, deserve, &c.

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Ass, brass, class, grass, lass, mass, pass, alas, amass, cuirass, repass, sur pass, morass, &c. Allowable rhymes, base, face, deface, &c., loss, toss, &c.

ASE, see ACE.

ASH.

Ash, cash, dash, clash, crash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, plash, rash, thrash, slash, trash, abash, &c. Allowable rhymes, wash, quash, &c., leash, &c.

ASH.

Wash, quash, &c. Allowable rhymes, cash, dash, &c.

ASK.

ASP.

Ask, task, bask, cask, flask, mask.

Asp, clasp, gasp, grasp, hasp. Allowable rhymes, wasp, &c.

AST.

Cast, last, blast, mast, past, vast, fast, aghast, avast, forecast, overcast, outcast, repast. Perfect rhymes, the preterits and participles of verbs in ass, as classed, amassed, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterits and participles of verbs in ace, as placed, &c. Nouns and verbs in aste, as taste, waste, &c.

ASTE.

Baste, chaste, haste, paste, taste, waste, distaste. Perfect rhymes, waist, and the preterits and participles of verbs in ace, as faced, placed, &c. Allowable rhymes, cast, fast, &c., best, nest, &c., and the preterits and participles of verbs in ess, as messed, dressed, &c.

AT.

At, bat, cat, hat, fat, mat, pat, rat, sat, tat, vat, brat, chat, flat, plat, sprat, that, gnat. Allowable rhymes, bate, hate, &c.

Catch, match, hatch, latch, patch, scratch, smatch, snatch, despatch.

ATCH.
ATE.

Bate, date, fate, gate, grate, hate, tate, mate, pate, plate, prate, rate, sate, state, scate, slate, abate, belate, collate, create, debate, elate, dilate, estate, ingrate, innate, rebate, relate, sedate, translate, abdicate, abominate, abrogate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, accurate, adequate, affectionate, advocate, adulterate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, animate, annihilate, antedate, anticipate, antiquate, arbitrate, arrogate, articulate, assassinate, calculate, capitulate, captivate, celebrate, circulate, coagulate, commemorate, commiserate, communicate, compassionate, confederate, congratulate, congregate, consecrate, contaminate, corroborate, cultivate, candidate, coöp

erate, celebrate, considerate, consulate, capacitate, debilitate, dedicate, de generate, delegate, deliberate, denominate, depopulate, dislocate, deprecate, discriminate, derogate, dissipate, delicate, disconsolate, desperate, deprecate, educate, effeminate, elevate, emulate, estimate, elaborate, equivocate, eradicate, evaporate, exaggerate, exasperate, expostulate, exterminate, extricate, facilitate, fortunate, generate, gratulate, hesitate, illiterate, illuminate, irritate, imitate, immoderate, impetrate, importunate, imprecate, inanimate, innovate, instigate, intemperate, intimate, intimidate, intoxicate, intricate, in ralidate, inveterate, inviolate, legitimate, magistrate, meditate, mitigate, moderate, necessitate, nominate, obstinate, participate, passionate, penetrate, perpetrate, personate, potentate, precipitate, predestinate, predominate, premeditate, prevaricate, procrastinate, profligate, prognosticate, propagate, recriminate, regenerate, regulate, reiterate, reprobate, reverberate, ruminate, separate, sophisticate, stipulate, subjugate, subordinate, suffocate, ter minate, tolerate, temperate, vindicate, violate, unfortunate. Perfect rhymes, bait, plait, strait, wait, await, great. Nearly perfect rhymes, eight, weight, height, straight. Allowable rhymes, beat, heat, &c., bat, cat, &c., bet, wet, &c. ATH.

Bath, path, &c. Allowable rhymes, hath, faith, &c.

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Fraud, laud, applaud, defraud. Perfect rhymes, broad, abroad, bawd; and the preterits and participles of verbs in aw, as gnawed, sawed, &c. Allowable rhymes, odd, nod, &c., ode, bode, &c.; also the word load.

AVE.

Cave, brave, gave, grave, crave, lave, nave, knave, pave, rave, save, shave, slave, stave, wave, behave, deprave, engrave, outbrave, forgave, misgave. architrave. Allowable rhyme, the auxiliary verb have.

AUGH, see AFF.
AUGHT, see OUGHT.

AULT, see ALT.

AUNCH.

Launch, paunch, haunch, staunch, &c.

AUNCE, see ONSE.
AUNT.

Aunt, daunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, taunt, vaunt, avaunt. Perfect rhymes slant, aslant. Allowable rhymes, want, &c., pant, cant, &c.

AUSE.

Cause, pause, clause, applause, because. Perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns, and third persons singular of verbs in aw, as laws, he draws, &c. Allowable rhyme, was.

AUST, see OST,
AW.

Craw, daw, law, chaw, claw, draw, flaw, gnaw, jaw, law, maw, paw, raw, Baw, straw, thaw, withdraw, foresaw.

AWD, see AUD.

AWK, see ALK.

AWL.

Bawl, brawl, drawl, crawl, scrawl, sprawl, squall. Perfect rhymes, ball, ea!l, fall, gall, small, hall, palí, tall, wall, stall, install, forestali, thrall, inthrall

AWN.

Dawn, brawn, fawn, pawn, spawn, drawn, yawn, lawn, withdrawn.

AX.

Ax, tax, wax, relax, flax. Perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns, and third persons singular of verbs in ack, as backs, sacks, &c., he lacks, he packs, &c. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns, and third persons singular of verbs in ake, as cakes, lakes, &c., he makes, he takes, &c.

AY.

Bray, clay, day, dray, tray, flay, fray, gay, hay, jay, lay, may, nay, pay, play, ray, say, way, pray, spray, slay, spay, stay, stray, sway, affray, allay, array, astray, away, belay, bewray, betray, decay, defray, delay, disarray, display, dismay, essay, forelay, gainsay, inlay, relay, repay, roundelay, virelay. Perfect rhymes, neigh, weigh, inveigh, &c., prey, they, convey, obey, purvey, survey, disobey, grey. Allowable rhymes, tea, sea, fee, see, glee, &c. AZE.

Craze, daze, blaze, gaze, glaze, maze, raze, amaze, graze. Perfect rhymes, raise, praise, dispraise, &c., phrase, paraphrase, &c., and the nouns plural, and third persons singular of the present tense of verbs in ay, eigh, and ey; as days, he inveighs, he obeys, &c. Allowable rhymes, ease, tease, seize, &c. and keys, the plural of key; also the auxiliaries has and was.

E and EA, see EE.

EACE, see EASE.
EACH.

Beach, breach, bleach, each, peach, preach, teach, impeach. Nearly perfect rhymes, beech, leech, speech, beseech. Allowable rhymes, fetch, wretch, &c. EAD, see EDE and EED.

League, teague, &c.

EAF, see IEF.

EAGUE.

Perfect rhymes, intrigue, fatigue, &c. Allowable rhymes, Hague, vague, &c., leg, beg, &c., bag, rag, &c.

EAK, see AKE.

Beak, speak, bleak, creak, freak, leak, peak, sneak, squeak, streak, weak, tweak, wreak, bespeak. Nearly perfect rhymes, cheek, leek, creek, meek, reek, seek, sleek, pique, week, shriek. Allowable rhymes, beck, speck, &c., lake, take, thick, lick, &c.

EAL.

Deal, heal, reveal, meal, peal, seal, steal, teal, veal, weal, zeal, squeal, repeal, conceal, congeal, anneal, appeal. Nearly perfect rhymes, eel, heel, feel, keel, kneel, peel, reel, steel, wheel. Allowable rhymes, bell, tell, &c., bale, tale, &c., bill, fill, &c., ail, fail, &c.

EALM, see ELM.

EALTH.

Health, wealth, stealth, commonwealth, &c,

EAM.

Bream, cream, gleam, seam, scream, steam, stream, team, beam, dream. Perfect rhymes, phlegm, scheme, theme, blaspheme, extreme, supreme. Nearly perfect rhymes, deem, teem, beseem, misdeem, esteem, disesteem, redeem, seem, &c. Allowable rhymes, dame, lame, &c., limb, him, &c., them, hem, &c., lamb, dam, &c. See ÁME.

EAN.

Bean, clean, dean, glean, lean, mean, wean, yean, demean, unclean. Perfect rhymes, convene, demesne, intervene, mien. Nearly perfect rhymes, machine, keen, screen, seen, green, spleen, between, careen, foreseen, serene,

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