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McGuffey, W. H.

"McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book"

loch, a lake.
nap, a short sleep. lough (lok), a lake.
lac, a kind of gum. lock, to fasten a door.
lack, to want; need. lax, loose; vague.
laid, placed. lacks, wants; needs.
lade, to load. lacs, plural of lac.

Lesson 114.
Words containing I consonant, sounded like Y consonant; as alien,
pronounced al'yen.
al'ien on'ion bat tal'ion
sav'ior bil'ious pe cul'iar
pan'nier brill'iant re bell'ion
un'ion fil'ial dis un'ion
sen'ior mill'ion o pin'ion
jun'ior pill'ion do min'ion
gal'liard pin'ion com mun'ion
span'iel trill'ion mut'u al
val'iant coll'ier punc til'io
bill'iards pon'iard punc til'ious
bill'ion ruff'ian ver mil'ion
In'dian Chris'tian aux il'ia ry

Lesson 115.
The following words, according to the analogy of the English language,
should he spelled with the termination er, with the exception of the last
word of each line.
cen'ter mi'ter spec'ter sep'ul cher
fi'ber ni'ter o'cher the'a ter
lus'ter som'ber mau'ger ma neu'ver
mea'ger sa'ber um'ber cal'i ber
me'ter scep'ter om'ber ac cou'ter
a'cre na'cre lu'cre mas'sa cre

Lesson 116.
In the following words, ng is pronounced as if the g were doubled; as
anger, pronounced ang'ger.
an'ger lan'guor jin'gle youn'ger
an'gle lan'guid min'gle con'ger
an'gry man'gle sin'gle bun'gler
an'guish man'go tin'gle hun'ger
clan'gor san'guine din'gle hun'gry
dan'gle span'gled lon'ger wran'gler
fan'gled span'gle lon'gest fin'ger
jan'gle tan'gle stron'ger lan'guish
ban'gle wran'gle bun'gle un'guent

Lesson 117.


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