PART IV.

THE PRACTICE OF SPELLING,

OR

DICTATION LESSONS.

VOCABULARY I.

Words pronounced alike, but differing in spelling and signification. This may be made useful for Home lessons in several ways. The pupil might be required either to copy out neatly from twenty to forty words, with their meanings; or to commit to memory from ten to twenty; or to compose short sentences containing either one or both of the words in each pair.

Ail, v. to be ill, to feel pain.
ale, n. malt liquor, strong beer.
Adds, v. joins, does add.
adze, n. a cooper's axe.
Air, n. the atmosphere.
heir, n. one who inherits.
Ayr, n. a town in Scotland.
ere, adv. sooner, before.
e'er, adv. ever.

All, a. the whole, everyone.
awl, n. a cobbler's tool for
boring holes.
Ant, n. an insect.

Aught, n. anything; a part. ought, v. to be proper or neces

sary.

Aloud, a. with noise.
allowed, v. granted.
Alter, v. to change.

altar, n. for worship; the com-
munion table.

Anker, n. a measure of liquids. anchor, n. a ship's anchor. Augur,v. to predict, conjecture. auger, n. a tool to bore holes with.

aunt, n. a father or mother's An'nalist, n. historian, a writer

sister.

of annals.

Anti-, prefix. against or oppo- An'alyst, n. a chemist, one who

bury, v. to inter; to conceal in Board, n. a table; food, diet;

Berth, n. a sleeping place in a bored, v. pierced, perforated. ship. Bowl, n. a cup, goblet, basin.

birth, n. a coming into life, bole, n. the trunk of a tree.