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dĕlve, twelve, nẽrve, cûrve, elf, shelf, self, pelf, ash, cash, dash, gash, hash, lash, flash, plash, slash, mash, smash, rash, crash, trash, flesh, mesh, fresh, dish, fish, pish, wish, gush, hush, blush, crush, frush, tush, next, text, twixt, minx, sphinx, chānġe, mānġe, rānġe, grānġe, fōrġe, bāste, chaste, haste, waste, lūte, flute, mute, brṳte, fīght, bright, light, blight, plight, sight, slight, night, wight, right, tight, blowze, frounçe, rounçe, trounçe, chasm, prism.
MONOSYLLABLES WITH ŧh VOCAL.
ŧhe, ŧhōse, ŧhis, ŧhat, ŧhīne, ŧhȳ, ŧhen, ŧhus, ŧhou, ŧhee, ŧhem, ŧhençe, ŧhēse, ŧhan, blīŧhe, tīŧhe, līŧhe, wrīŧhe, sçȳŧhe, ŧhōugh, smo͞ oŧh, so͞ oŧh, ŧhey, ŧhêre, ŧhêir.
THE FOLLOWING, WHEN NOUNS, HAVE THE ASPIRATED SOUND OF th IN THE SINGULAR NUMBER, AND THE VOCAL IN THE PLURAL.
bath, baŧhs; lath, laŧhs; path, paŧhs; swath, swaŧhs; cloth, cloŧhs; moth, moŧhs; mouth, mouŧhs; wrēath, wrēaŧhes; shēath, shēaŧhes.
Twelve things make a dozen. To delve is to dig in the ground. When the nerves are affected the hands shake. Turf is a clod of earth held together by the roots of grass. Surf is the swell of the sea breaking on the shore. Cash formerly meant a chest, but now signifies money. An elf is an imagi- nary being or being of the fancy. A flash of lightening sometimes hurts the eyes. Flesh is the soft part of animal bodies. Blushes often manifest modesty, sometimes shame. Great and sudden changes sometimes do hurt. A grange is a
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