ime for.' The dictionary rightly gives _irr['e]parable_, and
both the rule and example of the Doctor's _obiter dicta_ (literally
_obiter_) are wrong.

J.S.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE

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ADDENDA TO HOMOPHONES IN TRACT II

Several correspondents complain of the incompleteness of the list
of Homophones in Tract II. The object of that list was to convince
readers of the magnitude of the mischief, and the consequent
necessity for preserving niceties of pronunciation: evidence of its
incompleteness must strengthen its plea. The following words may be
added; they are set here in the order of the literary alphabet.

Add to Table I (p. 7)

band, [^1] _a tie_, [^2] _a company_.

bend, [^1] _verb_, [^2] _heraldic sub._

bay, [^1] _tree_, [^2] _arm of sea_, [^3] _window_,
[^4] _barking of dog_, and '_at bay_',
[^5] _a dam_, [^6] _of antler_, [^7] _a colour_.

blaze, [^1] _of flame_, [^2] _to sound forth_.

bluff, [^1] _adj. & sub. = broad = fronted_,
[^2] _blinker_, [^3] _sub. and v. confusing_ [^1] _and_ [^2].

boom, [^1] _to hum_, [^2] _= beam_.

cant, [^1] _whine_, [^2] _to tilt_.

chaff, [^1] _of wheat_, [^2] _= chafe (slang)_.

cove, [^1] _a recess_, [^2] _= chap (slang)_.

file, [^1] _string_, [^2] _rasp_, [^3] _= to defile_.

grave, [^1] _sub._, [^2] _adj._

hind, [^1] _fem. of stag_, [^2] _a peasant_, [^3] _adj. of behind_.

limb, [^1] _member_, [^2] _edge_, [^3] limn.

limber, [^1] _shaft of cart (verb in artillery)_,
[^2] _naut. subs._, [^3] _adj. pliant_.

loom, [^1] _subs._, [^2] _v._

nice, gneiss.

ounce, [^1] _animal_, [^2] _a weight_.

plash, [^1] _= pleach_, [^2] _a puddle_.

port, [^1] _demeanour, & military v._,
[^2] _haven_, [^3] _gate & naut.= port-hole_,
[^4] _= larboard_, [^5] _a wine_.

shingle, [^1] _a wooden tile_, [^2] _gravel_,
[^3] (_in pl._) _a disease_.

shrub, [^1] _a bush_, [^2] _a drink_.

smack, [^1] _a sounding blow_, [^2] _a fishing boat_, [^3] _taste_.

throw, throe.

Also note that _so_ should be added to _sew, sow_, and that the words
_leech_, _leach_, are not sufficiently credited with etymological
variety: [see below p. 33].

To Table II add

when, _wen_.

To Table VIII

The following words, the absence of which has been noted, are not true
homophones:--

crack
fool
fume
gentle
interest
pal