er's case_),
chase (_groove_).
vice (_depravity_), vice (_clench_), vice (_deputy_).
valley, valet.
van (_front of army_), van (_fan_), van (_caravan_).
vale, vail, veil.
vain, vein, vane.
won, one.
wake (_awake_), wake (_watch_), wake (_of ship_).
wain, wane.
waste, waist.
wait, weight.
wave, waive.
well (_good_), well (_spring_).
wee, we.
weak, week.
ween, wean.
war, wore.
would, wood.

II. ALL THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES INVOLVE _WH. > W._[5]

ware (_earthen-_), ware (_aware_), wear, where, were.
way, weigh, whey.
weal (_wealth_), weal (_a swelling_), wheel.
weald, wield, wheeled.
while, wile.
whine, wine,
white, wight.
whether, weather.
whither, wither.
whig, wig.
whit, wit.
what, wot.
whet, wet.
whirr, were = wer'.
whin, win.
whist, wist.
which, witch, wych (_elm_).

III. GROUP OF HOMOPHONES CAUSED BY LOSS OF TRILLED R.[6]

ion, iron.
father, farther.
lava, larva.
halm, harm.
calve, carve.
talk, torque.
daw, door.
flaw, floor.
yaw, yore.
law, lore.
laud, lord.
maw, more,
gnaw, nor.
raw, roar.
shaw, shore.

IV. THE NAME OF A SPECIES (OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, &C.) IS OFTEN A
HOMOPHONE. WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE MEANING, THIS CAUSES
SO LITTLE INCONVENIENCE THAT THE FOLLOWING NAMES (BEING IN THAT
CONDITION) HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM LIST I.[7]

bleak (_fish_), bleak (_adj._).
dace, dais.
gull (_bird_), gull (_s. and v._).
carp, carp (_v._).
cod, cod (_husk_).
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, foug