en_.

2. Two adjectives; _white-hot_, _ashy-blue_.

3. An adjective and a participle or noun and suffix simulating a
participle; _odd-looking_, _foreign-born_, _bow-legged_.

4. An adjective and a noun; _fire-new_, _type-high_.

5. A noun and a participle (or noun and suffix simulating a
participle); _hand-printed_, _peace-making_.

6. An adverb and an adjective used together before a noun;
_well-bred_, _long-extended_.

7. Two nouns used adjectively before another noun; _cotton-seed
oil_, _shoe-sewing machine_, _Sunday-school teacher_.

8. An adjective and a noun used together before a noun;
_civil-service examination_, _free-trade literature_, _fresh-water
sailor_.

9. A verb and a noun; _John Lack-land_.

Four compounds occur with the force of verbs.

1. Two verbs; _balance-reef_.

2. A verb and a noun; _silver-plate_, _house-break_.

3. A verb and an adjective; _cold-press_, _fine-still_.

4. A verb and an adverb; _cross-examine_.

Several combinations are used with the force of adverbs.

1. Two adverbs; _upright_, _henceforth_.

2. A noun and an adverb; _brain-sickly_.

3. An adjective and an adverb (or compound adjective with suffix,
simulating an adverb); _stout-heartedly_, _ill-naturedly_.

4. An adjective and a verb; _broadcast_.

5. Two nouns; _piecemeal_, _half-mast_.

6. A noun and an adjective; _cost-free_, _pointblank_.

7. A noun and a preposition; _down-stairs_, _above-board_,
_offhand_.

RULES FOR THE USE OF THE HYPHEN

1. Hyphenate nouns formed by the combination of two nouns standing in
objective relation to each other, that is, one of whose components is
derived from a transitive verb:

_well-wisher_ _wood-turning_
_mind-reader_ _child-study_
_office-holder_ _clay-modeling_

When such compounds are in very common use, and especially when they
have a specific or technical meaning, they are printed solid;

_typewriter_ _stockholder_
_proofreader_ _copyholder_
_lawgiver_ _dressmaker_

2. Hyphenate a combination of a present participle with a noun when the
meaning of the combination is different from that of the two words taken
separately; _boarding-house_, _sleeping-car_, _walking-stick_.

3. Hyphenate a comb