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duel.

      goffer, golfer.

      carrot, carat.

      caudle, caudal.

      choler, collar.

      compliment, complement.

      lumber, lumbar.

      lesson, lessen.

      literal, littoral.

      marshal, martial.

      minor, miner.

      manor, manner.

      medal, meddle.

      metal, mettle.

      missal, missel (thrush).

      orphan, often.

      putty, puttee.

      pedal, peddle.

      police, pelisse.

      principal, principle.

      profit, prophet.

      rigour, rigger.

      rancour, ranker.

      succour, sucker.

      sailor, sailer.

      cellar, seller.

      censor, censer.

      surplus, surplice.

      symbol, cymbal.

      skip, skep.

      tuber, tuba.

      whirl, whorl.

      wert, wort (herb, obs.).

      vial, viol.

      verdure, verger (in Jones).

      VII. Homophones due only to an inflected form of a word. Comparatives of adjectives, &c

      adze, adds.

      art (s.), art (v.).

      bard, barred.

      band, banned.

      battels, battles (bis).

      baste, based.

      baize, bays (bis).

      bent, bent (pp. bend).

      bean, been.

      blue, blew.

      bode, bowed.

      bold, bowled, bolled (obs.).

      bald, bawled.

      braid, brayed.

      bread, bred.

      brood, brewed.

      bruise, brews.

      depose, dépôts.

      divers (adj.), divers (plu.).

      dug (teat), dug (fr. dig).

      duct, ducked.

      dust, dost.

      daze, days.

      daisies, dazes (both inflected).

      doze, does (plu. of doe).

      aloud, allowed.

      fort, fought.

      found (v.), found (fr. find)

      phase, fays (pl. of fay).

      felt (stuff), felt (fr. feel)

      furze, firs, and furs.

      feed (s. and v.), fee'd.

      flatter (v.), flatter (adj.).

      phlox, flocks.

      phrase, frays.

      guise, guys (plu.).

      gaud, gored.

      gauze, gores.

      guest, guessed.

      glose, glows.

      ground (s.), ground (fr. grind).

      graze, greys.

      greaves, grieves.

      groan, grown.

      grocer, grosser.

      hire, higher.

      herd, heard.

      hist, hissed.

      hose, hoes.

      hawse (naut.), haws, &c.

      eaves, eves.

      use (v.), ewes, yews.

      candid, candied.

      clove (s.), clove (fr. cleave).

      clause, claws.

      cold, coaled.

      courser, coarser.

      court, caught.

      cause, cores, caws.

      coir, coyer (fr. coy).

      crew (s.), crew (fr. crow).

      quartz, quarts.

      lighter (s.), lighter (fr. light, adj.).

      lax, lacks, &c.

      lapse, laps, &c.

      lade (v.), laid.

      lane, lain.

      lead (mineral), led.

      left (adj.), left (fr. leave).

      Lent, leant, lent (fr. lend).

      least, leased.

      lees (of wine), leas, &c.

      lynx, links.

      mind, mined.

      madder (plant), madder (fr. mad).

      mustard, mustered.

      maid,

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