the responses in church; one who keeps accounts.

close, n., enclosure round a cathedral; a., confined; niggardly.

clove, n., a spice; v., did cleave.

club, n., an association; a wooden weapon; one of a pack of cards.

cob, n., a horse, or pony; an Indian corn.

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cockle, n., a weed; a shell-fish; v., to pucker, or wrinkle.

comb, n., a cock's crest; an instrument for the hair, wool, &c.; the wax cells of bees.

commit, v., to do; to entrust; to send to prison.

commission, n. a matter entrusted to one; an official body; the doing an act; brokerage, or allowance.

common, n., open land belonging to the public; a., vulgar; general.

communicate, v., to impart; to take the Lord's Supper.

compact, a., firm; n., an agreement. compass, n., circumference; range (as

of the voice); an instrument in navigation.

compose, v., to soothe; to write as author; to put types together.

comprehend, n., to include; to understand.

concordance, n., an index of all the words in a book; agreement.

copy, n., pattern; manuscript for printers; one of an edition of a book. corn, n., hard skin on the foot; a grain of wheat, &c. ; wheat plants. correct, v., to put right; to punish. counsel, n., a barrister; advice. count, n., a nobleman; part of an indictment: v., to reckon; to rely. counter, a., contrary; n., anything used for reckoning in games; a part in music; a shop table (on which money is counted); the name of some prisons. course, n., line of advance; race-ground; a service at a meal.

court, n., a yard; the retinue of royalty; a legal tribunal; a hall of justice; v., to woo.

crab, n., a sour apple; a shell-fish.

craft, n., a small ship; a trade; cunning. crane, n., a bird; a machine for raising weights.

cricket, n., a game; an insect.

crop, n., a bird's stomach; the yield of harvest; v., to reap.

croup, n., a child's disease; part of harness.

crow, v., to boast; n., the voice of a cock; a bird.

cry, v., to call; to weep.

dam, n., mother of an animal; bank to keep back water.

date, n., a fruit; time when.

deal, n., much; a pine or fir plank; v., to share; to trade.

dear, a., costly; beloved; precious. deck, v., to adorn; n., the floor of a ship.

defile, v., to pollute; n., a narrow passage between hills.

degree, n., 360th part of a circle; grade, or rank; advance.

desert, v., to forsake; n., merit or demerit.

die, n., a stamp; a small cube used in gambling; v., to cease to live.

diet, n., food; a political assembly. divers, n., pl., men who go below water; a., various.

dock, n., a plant; a place for repairing or mooring ships; to cut off.

down, n., a chalk upland; soft feathers; adv., opposite of up.

draw, v., to delineate; to drag.

drill, v., to bore holes; to train soldiers. drug, n., a medicine; anything unsale

able.

dun, n., dark colour; a troublesome creditor.

ear, n., a head of wheat; the organ of hearing.

elder, n., a tree; a., older.

engross, v., to copy law writings; to occupy wholly.

entertain, v., to consider; to receive as guests; to amuse.

even, s., evening; a., level; not odd; adv., notwithstanding.

exact, v., to demand; a., precisely agreeing.

express, n., a special conveyance; v., to utter.

fair, a., just; beautiful; favourable (of a wind); a market.

fare, n., passage-money; food. fast, v., not to eat; a., quick; firm. fawn, n., a young deer; v., to flatter cunningly.

fell, a., cruel; v., perfect of to fall; to cut down; n., a hill.

fellow, n., a mate; a member of a university; a mean man.

felt, v., perceived by the touch; n., a kind of cloth.

ferret, v., to hunt out; n., a weasel; narrow ribbon.

figure, n., a number; a likeness; shape. file, n., arranged papers; a rasp.

fine, a., clear; slender; n., a penalty in money; the end.

firm, n., a copartnery; a., strong; fast. fit, n., a convulsion; a., suitable; v., to suit.

flag, n., a banner; a water plant; a paving-stone; v., to lose strength.

flatter, a., smoother; v., to praise insincerely.

fleet, a., swift; n., ships.

flock, n., a tuft of wool; a number of sheep; v., to gather together.

foil, n., a leaf of metal; a fencing-sword; v., to frustrate.

fold, n., a sheep-pen; v., to double. foot, n., twelve inches; a part of the body. forge, v., to imitate a signature; n., a smith's furnace.

form, n., figure; shape; a long seat.

founder, v., to go to the bottom; n., one who casts metal; one who originates. fret, v., to wear by rubbing; to be peevish.

fry, v., to dress food; n., the young of fishes.

fuller, n., a cloth-scourer; a., more full. game, n., birds, &c., kept for sport; play. gin, n., an intoxicating drink; a snare. gloss, n., brightness; a comment. gore, n., clotted blood; a wedge-shaped piece of cloth; v., to pierce with a horn. grain, n., a small weight; corn; a particle. grate, n., an open stove; v., to rub small; to make a harsh sound.

grave, a., solemn; n., the sepulchre. graze, v., to touch lightly in passing; to feed on grass.

gross, n., twelve dozen; a., large.

ground, n., the earth; v., reduced to powder; sharpened by grinding; to rest upon.

gum, n., a sticky exudation from trees; the flesh about the teeth.

habit, n., dress; custom; constitution. hail, v., to wish health to; n., frozen

rain.

hamper, n., a large basket; v., to impede. hautboy, n., a strawberry; a musical in

strument.

help, v., to assist; to avoid.

hide, n., a beast's skin; v., to conceal. hind, n., a peasant; female deer.

hip, n., part of the body; the fruit of the wild rose.

hop, n., a plant; v., to leap on one foot. host, n., a landlord; an entertainer; an army; a multitude; the consecrated wafer in the Romish Church. hue, n., colour; an alarm.

husband, n., a married man; v., to use economically.

instant, a., pressing; current; n., a moment.

jar, n., discord; a vessel; v., to disagree. jet, n., a black mineral; a spout of gas or water, &c.; v., to project. job, v., to stab; n., a piece of work. just, a., upright; adv., exactly; almost. kennel, n., a pack of hounds; their house; a little channel.

key, n., what opens or shuts a lock; the stone that binds an arch; the tone on which music is set.

kind, n., a species; a., gracious. kite, n., a paper toy; a bird of prey. lake, n., a colour; an inland water. lap, v., to feed by licking; to fold; n., the fold or bend of the body in sitting. last, a., the latest; final; v., to continue; n., a load; a mould for boots and shoes. late, a., slow; long delayed; dead a short time since.

lawn, n., fine linen; the grass before a mansion.

lay, v., to set down; to wager; to produce an egg; n., a song; a., not clerical. league, n., three miles; a coalition. lean, a., not fat; v., to lie against.

leave, n., permission; v., to bequeath; to forsake.

left, a., opposite of right; v., not taken. let, v., to lease a house, &c., to allow; to hinder; n., a hindrance.

letter, n., a message in writing; an alphabetical character.

lie, v., to speak falsely; to rest upon. light, n., anything that gives light; the light itself; knowledge; a., having little weight; active; gay; frivolous. like, v., to be pleased with; adv., as; a., resembling; n., an equal.

lime, n., a fruit; a stone.

line, n., a cord; a short note; a row; the twelfth part of an inch; course; one row of words across a page; v., to cover on the inside.

link, n., a torch; a ring in a chain; v., to join.

litter, n., straw, &c., for a bed for animals; things strewn in disorder; a portable bed; a brood of pigs, &c.

lock, v., to fasten with a lock; n., the part of a gun by which it is discharged; a contrivance to raise the level of a canal; a little hair.

long, v., to yearn after; a., protracted. lot, n., portion; a piece of land; chance. lute, n., an instrument of music; clay, &c., to stop crevices.

mace, n., a spice; an emblem of authority. mail, n., armour; letters, &c., conveyed by post.

mangle, v., to mutilate; to smooth linens. march, n., the third month; an air to which soldiers walk or march. mass, N., a lump; the Communion Service in the Romish Church.

mast, n., beech nuts and acorns; the pole to which the rigging of a ship is fixed. match, n., a counterpart; an agreement; a contest; a lucifer; a marriage. meal, n., a repast; flour of corn. mean, a., base; vile; middle; v., to intend.

meet, a., suitable; fitting; v., to come face to face.

mint, n., the place where money is coined; an herb.

minute, n., a short note of proceedings; the sixtieth part of an hour. mole, n., a hairy mark on the skin; a small creature; a breakwater. moor, v., to anchor; n., a native of the north of Africa; a heath.

mortar, n., a vessel for pounding things in; a short cannon for throwing bombs; lime and sand for cement.

mould, n., rich soil; a shape in which things are cast, &c.; the growths on decaying substances.

must, n., sweet unfermented wine; v., to grow sour and mouldy; to be obliged. nail, n., a claw or talon; the horns on fingers and toes; a sharp piece of iron for fastening with; a measure two and a quarter inches long.

nap, n., a short sleep; the pile on cloth. neat, a., unmixed; tidy; n., cattle. nervous, a., strong; vigorous; weak in the nerves; easily agitated. oblige, v., to force; to please. order, n., regularity; a class; a command.

ounce, n., a beast of prey; a weight. page, n., one side of a leaf in a book; a boy attending on a great personage. pale, a., wan; dim; n., a narrow board in a fence; an inclosure.

pall, v., to cloy or grow nauseous; n., an official cloak.

palm, v., to pass off fraudulently; n., a tree; victory; part of the hand. partial, a., fond of; affecting only a part. paste, n., imitation jewellery; flour and water boiled.

patient, n., a sick person; a., not easily provoked; bearing suffering well; persevering.

peck, v., to pick up food with the beak; n., the fourth part of a bushel. peer, n., a nobleman; an equal; v., to

peep.

pen, n., an enclosure for sheep, &c.; an instrument for writing; v., to write. perch, n., a small fish; a roost for fowls; a measure of land.

pet, n., peevishness; a favourite.

pike, n., a warlike weapon; a freshwater fish.

pile, n., a heap; a beam driven into the earth for a foundation; the hairy nap of cloth.

pine, v., to languish; n., a fruit; a tree. pinion, n., a bird's wing; a smaller wheel

playing into notches in a larger one; v., to confine the arms.

pink, n., a colour; a flower; a kind of ship; v., to work in eyelet holes; to

stab.

pipe, n., a musical instrument; a tube; what is used for smoking; the sound

of the voice; a large cask; v., to play on a pipe, &c.

pitch, n., slope; height of key-note in music; thickened tar; v., to fix; to throw; to smear with pitch; to rise and fall, as a ship.

plate, n., dishes, &c., of silver and gold; a small shallow dish; the prize in a race; a piece of flat metal.

poach, v., to cook eggs in a special way; to tread the ground into holes; to steal game; to stab.

pole, n., the axis of the earth; a native

of Poland; a long slender piece of wood; a measure of land (5 yards). policy, n., course of government; cunning; a written contract; a pleasure ground.

poll, v., to lop the tops of trees; to cut

off hair; to register votes; to peel; n., the head.

pollard, n., bran and meal mixed; a tree with its head lopped off; a stag that has cast its horns.

port, n., a gate; a harbour; a hole or port in a ship for the mouths of cannon; manner of walking; a wine from Oporto; v., to turn a ship to the left side.

porter, n., a malt liquor; a doorkeeper; one who carries burdens for hire. post, n., a military or other station; a large stake; a public office; the mail; a kind of writing paper; v., to keep account books; to paste up public notices; to travel quickly.

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pound, n., twenty shillings; sixteen twelve ounces; an enclosure for cattle; v., to bruise to powder.

prefer, v., to like better; to advance; to offer.

pretend, v., to feign; to make a claim. prune, v., to trim a tree; n., a kind of plum.

puddle, v., to foul water with mud; to change cast into wrought iron.

pulse, n., the throbbing of the blood in

the veins; plants like peas, beans, &c. pump, n., a thin shoe; a contrivance for raising water; v., to draw out by artful questions.

punch, n., an instrument for making holes in metal; a drink; a kind of horse; a popular show.

pupil, n., a scholar; the apple of the eye; a ward.

purchase, n., something bought; whatever aids one in raising weights. quarry, n., a great pit from which stone is dug; the game a falcon pursues. quarter, n., the fourth part; a weight (28 lbs.); a part of a town, &c.; lodgings of soldiers; life granted in battle; eight bushels of corn.

race, n., a running; a strong current of water; a mill-stream; a special kind; a family line.

rail, n., a bird; a part of a fence, &c.; v., to scoff at.

ram, n., the male of the sheep; a vessel armed to run into other ships; a battering ram; a machine for raising water; v., to thrust or drive. rank, n., a row; degree; class; dignity;

a., vigorous in growth; rancid; violent. rash, n., a skin eruption; a., hasty; headlong.

rear, v., to rise on its hind legs (of a horse); n., hind part.

render, v., to inflict; to translate; to yield; to give back; to boil down and clarify.

rent, n., a tear; money paid for use of a house, &c.; v., torn; to let for money. resolution, n., separation into parts; the unravelling difficulties; a fixed purpose; a formal vote adopted by an assembly.

rest, n., sleep; freedom from disturbance; a support; a pause; the remainder.

right, a., direct; lawful; true ; just ; fit; n., authority; interest; just claim.