codling, coddling (fr. _coddle_).
flounder (_fish_), flounder (_v._).
quail (_bird_), quail (_v._).
lark (_bird_), lark (_fun_).
ling (_fish_), ling (_heather_).
mussel, muscle.
nit, knit.
awk, orc.
oriole, aureole.
pike (_fish_), pike (_weapon_).
pout (_fish_), pout (_v._).
perch (_fish_), perch (_alight_).
plaice, place.
ray (_fish_), ray (_of light_).
rook (_bird_), rook (_v._).
skua, skewer.
skate (_fish_), skate (_on ice_).
smelt (_fish_), smelt (fr. _smell_).
swift (_bird_), swift (_adj._).
swallow (_bird_), swallow (_throat_).
tapir, taper.
tern, turn.
teal (_fish_), teil (_tree_).
thrush (_bird_), thrush (_disease_).
[Footnote 5: The following words in List 1 involve _wr_ > _w_, write, wrach, wrap, wring, wrung, wreck, wrest, wreak, wrick.]
[Footnote 6: Other similar words occurring in other sections are--awe, awl, ought, bawd, fought, gaud, gauze, haw, caw, cause, caught, lawn, paw, saw, sauce, sought, taut, caulk, stalk, alms, balm;--their correspondents being, oar, orle, ort (_obs._), board, fort, gored, gores, h.o.a.r, core, cores, court, lorn, pore, sore, source, sort, tort, cork, stork, arms, barm.]
[Footnote 7: Other similar proper names of species, &c., which occur in some one of the other sections of the list: ant, bat, bear, bee, beet, beetle, beech, box, breeze, date, dock, daw, duck, deer, elder, erne, fir, flea, flag, fluke, hare, horse, hawk, hop, caper, carrot, couch, cricket, currant, leech, lichen, mace, maize, mint, mole, pear, peach, pink, pie, pine, plum, plane, pulse, rabbit, rye, rush, rape, rail, reed, roe, roc, rue, sage, seal, sloe, sole, spruce, stork, thyme, char, whale, whin, yew. Also c.o.c.kle.]
V. THE SUFFIX _ER_ ADDED TO A ROOT OFTEN MAKES h.o.m.oPHONES. THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES. (AND SEE IN LIST VI.)
byre, buyer (_who buys_).
b.u.t.ter (_s._), b.u.t.ter (_who b.u.t.ts_).
better (_adj._), better (_who bets_).
border, boarder.
dire, dyer.
founder (_v._), founder (_who founds_).
geyser, gazer.
greater, grater (_nutmeg_).
canter (_pace_), canter (_who cants_).
medlar, meddler.
moulder (_v._), moulder (_who moulds_).
pitcher (_vessel_), pitcher (_who pitches_).
pillar, piller.
platter, plaiter.
plumper (_adj._), plumper (_s._).
sounder (_adj._), sounder (_who sounds_).
cellar, seller, &c.
VI. WORDS EXCLUDED FROM THE MAIN LIST FOR VARIOUS REASONS, THEIR h.o.m.oPHONY BEING RIGHTLY QUESTIONED BY MANY SPEAKERS.
actor, acta (_sanctorum_).
brute, bruit.
direst, diarist.
descent, dissent.
deviser, divisor.
dual, 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.
princ.i.p.al, 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. h.o.m.oPHONES DUE ONLY TO AN INFLECTED FORM OF A WORD. COMPARATIVES OF ADJECTIVES, &C.
adze, adds.