THE WEBSTER LIST.
[From the column which, he says, “presents the orthography recognized in the body of this Dictionary (Wb. Unabridged) as the preferable one, or that in general use.” But since he places in his first column various spellings of the same words,—e. g. under A, Ædile; under E, Edile,—we have, in accordance with our plan, omitted that spelling which we have observed to be neglected by readers who profess to follow Webster. We have inserted in brackets some words from the second column which have a different signification from their congeners in the first; also in brackets, some words from the defining columns, and such remarks and explanations as may be of service to printers and others.]
- A.
- Abatis
- Abettor [One who abets another to commit a crime.]
- Abreuvoir
- Abridgment
- [Accessary As used in law.]
- Accessory [“In its other senses” (than in law); as, “the accessories of a picture.”]
- Account, -ant, etc.
- Accouter, etc.
- Acetimeter
- Ache
- Achieve
- Acknowledgment
- Addible
- Adipocere
- Admittable
- Adopter (Chem.)
- Adulterer, -ess
- Adz
- Ægis
- Æolian
- Aghast
- Agriculturist
- Aid-de-camp
- Ajutage
- Alcaid
- Alchemy
- Alcoran
- Alkahest
- Allege
- Alleluia [If written Halleluiah or Hallelujah, follow copy.]
- Alloy
- Alum
- Almanac
- Ambassador
- Ambergris
- Ambs-ace
- Amend, -ment
- Amice
- Ammoniuret
- Amortize, -ment
- Amphitheater
- Anapest
- Ancient, -ly
- Andiron
- Angiotomy
- Ankle
- Annotto
- Antechamber
- Anterior
- Anti-emetic
- Antihypnotic
- Apostasy
- Aposteme [If written Imposthume, follow copy.]
- Apothegm
- Appall
- Appallment
- [Appanage]
- Appareled, -ing
- Appraise, -ed, etc. {p128}
- Apprise (to notify)
- Apricot
- Arbitrament
- Arbor
- Archæology
- Ardor
- Argol
- Armor, -er, etc.
- Arquebuse
- Arrack
- Artisan
- Asafœtida
- Asbestus
- Ascendant
- Ascendency
- Askance
- Askant
- Assuage
- Atheneum [If written Athenæum, follow copy.]
- Aught
- Author, etc.
- Autocracy
- Autoptical
- Awkward
- Awm
- Ax
- Ay [Expressing assent.]
- Aye [An affirmative vote.]
- B.
- Backshish
- Bade (v.)
- Baldric
- Balister
- Balk
- Baluster
- Bandana
- Bandoleer
- Banderole
- Banyan (Bot.)
- Bans [Notice of proposed marriage.]
- Barbacan
- Barbecue
- Barberry
- Bark
- Barouche
- Barytone
- Basin
- Bass
- Bass-viol
- Bas-relief
- Bastinade
- Baton
- Bateau
- Battledoor
- Bauble
- Bazaar
- Befall
- Behavior
- Behoove
- Beldam
- Belligerent
- Benedict
- Benumb
- Bellfounder, [And similar compounds.]
- Bequeath
- Bergamot
- Berth (Nav.)
- [Bestrown p. p. of Bestrew.]
- Betel
- Beveled, -ing
- Bevile (Her.)
- Bezant
- Biasing, -ed, -es, etc.
- Bigoted
- Bilge
- Billiards
- Billingsgate
- Bin
- Binnacle
- Bister
- Blende (Min.)
- Blessed (a.)
- Blithesome, -ly, etc.
- Blomary
- Blouse
- Bodice
- Boil (n.)
- Bombazet
- Bombazine
- Bonnyclabber
- Bourgeois
- Bourse
- Bouse
- Bousy
- Boweled, -ing, etc.
- Bowlder
- Bowsprit
- Brahmin
- Brake (Railways)
- Brazen
- Brazier
- Brier
- Brooch
- Bryony
- Buccaneer
- Buddhism
- Buffet
- Buhrstone
- Bun
- Buncombe
- Bur [If written Burr, follow copy.]
- Burden, -some
- Burin
- Burned (imp.)
- Burganet
- But-end
- Butt
- Byzantine
- C.
- Caboose
- Cacique
- Caddice {p129}
- Cæsura
- Cag [If written Keg follow copy.]
- Caique
- Caisson
- Calash
- Caldron
- Calendar
- Calends
- Caliber
- Calipash
- Calipee
- Calipers
- Caliph
- Calk
- Calligraphy
- Caloyer
- Caltrap
- Calyx
- Camlet
- Camomile [If written Chamomile, follow copy.]
- Camphene
- Camphor
- Candor
- Canceled, -ing, etc.
- Cannel-coal
- Cannoneer
- Canny
- Cañon (Sp.)
- Canyon [Eng.] [The Eng. form is the better if writing or printing English. Cañon in an English book seems pedantic.]
- Cantaloup
- Cantalever
- Carbine
- Carbineer
- Carapace
- Carat
- Caravansary
- Carcass [In the King James Bible, spelled carcase.]
- Carnelian
- Caroled, -ing, etc.
- Cartography
- Cask (a vessel)
- Casque (helmet)
- Cassava
- Cassimere [If written Kerseymere, follow copy.]
- Caster [One who casts; a cruet; a furniture-wheel.]
- Castor [A genus of animals; a hat; a drug; a heavy cloth.]
- Catchup
- Catechise, -er
- Cauliflower
- Causeway
- Caviare
- Caviler, -ed, etc.
- Cayman
- Ceil -ing, -ed
- Center
- Centered
- Centimeter
- Centiped
- Ceroon
- Cess-pool
- Chalcedony
- Chameleon
- Chamois
- Champaign [Flat, open country.]
- Champagne (wine)
- Champerty
- Channeled, -ing, etc.
- Chant, -er, -ed, etc.
- Chap [Both Wb. and Wor. place chăp in the first column, and chop in the second. This preference of chăp to chop harmonizes orthography and pronunciation in three instances: (1) when chăp is v. t., signifying “to cleave or open longitudinally, through the effect of heat, cold, dryness, etc.; as, ‘Heat chăps the russet plain’”; (2) when v. i., as “The hands chăp”; (3) when n., as a cleft in the earth’s surface, or in the hands or feet. Chăp (a youth) was never in doubt; while chaps (the jaws) must continue to be pronounced with the a as in what.]
- Chase
- Check (n.)
- Checker, -ed, etc.
- Chemist
- Chemistry
- Cherif
- Chestnut
- Chevron
- Chilioliter
- Chiliometer
- Chine
- Chintz
- Chiseled, -ing
- Chock-full
- Choir
- Chorister
- Choke
- Choose
- Chore
- Cigar
- Cimeter
- Cipher
- Clamor, -ous, etc.
- Clangor
- Clarionet
- Clew
- Clinch
- Clinique
- Clinometer
- Cloak
- Clodpoll {p130}
- Clothe, -ed, etc.
- Clough
- Clyster
- Cockswain
- Cœliac
- Cognizor, -zee
- Coif
- Coiffure
- Colander
- Comb [Unwatered part of valley, etc.]
- Comfrey
- Complete
- Complexion
- [Comptroller, -ship There is an officer of the U. S. Government whose official title is “Comptroller of the Currency.” The word appears in Wb. 2d column.]
- Confectionery
- Connection
- Contemporary
- Contra-dance
- Controller, -ship
- Control
- Cony
- Cooly
- Coomb (4 bushels)
- Copaiva
- Copier
- Copse
- Coquette (n.)
- Coranach
- Corbel
- Cosy
- Cot (a hut)
- Cot (a bed)
- Cotillon
- Councilor [A member of a council.]
- Counselor [One who gives counsel.]
- Count
- Courtesan
- Courtesy (Law)
- Cozen, -age
- Craunch
- Cray-fish
- Creak (v.)
- Creosote
- Critique
- Crosslet
- Cruet
- Croup [Behind the saddle.]
- Crupper
- Cruse (bottle)
- Cucurbit
- Cudgeled, -er, -ing
- Cue [Twist of back hair.]
- Cuerpo
- Cuneiform
- Curb (of a well)
- Cursed (imperf.)
- Curtal-ax
- Cutlass
- Cyclopedia
- Cymar
- Cyst
- Czar, -ina
- D.
- Dactyl
- Damasken
- Damson
- Dandruff
- Danegelt
- Debarkation
- Debonair, -ly, -ness
- Decrepit
- Defense, -less, etc.
- Deflection
- Deflour
- Delf
- Delphin
- Deltoid
- Demeanor
- Demesne (Law)
- Dentiroster
- Dependent
- Dependence
- Deposit
- Desert (n.)
- Deshabille
- Dessert
- Detecter
- Detortion
- Deuce
- Develop, -ment
- Dexterous [But if written Dextrous follow copy, to avoid subsequent change.]
- Diæresis
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhetic
- Dike
- Diocese
- Disheveled, -ing, etc.
- Disk
- Dispatch, -ed, -ing
- Disseize, -in, -or
- Distention
- Distill
- Distrainor
- Diversely
- Divest, -ed, etc. [But in Law, Devest is commonly used; in law work, follow copy.]
- Docket
- Doctress
- Dolor, -ous
- Domicile
- Doomsday-book
- Dory
- Dormer-window
- Dote
- Dotage
- Doubloon
- Dowry
- Downfall {p131}
- Dram [A weight; a minute quantity; a potation.]
- [Drachm This word is in second column, connected to Dram by and. Its meaning seems to be properly limited, however, to an ancient Greek coin, and a Greek weight (Drachma).]
- Draff
- Draft [1. The act of drawing or pulling as by beasts of burden. 2. Drawing of men for a military corps. 3. An order for payment of money; a bill of exchange. 4. An allowance in weighing. 5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a figure described on paper; delineation; sketch; plan delineated; an outline to be filled in or completed for composition. In any other sense than these five, use the original spelling, Draught.]
- [Draught (See supra.)]
- Dragoman
- Dribblet
- Drier
- Driveler, -ing, etc.
- Drought
- Dryly
- Duchy
- Duchess
- Dueler, -ing, -ist
- Dullness
- Dungeon
- Dunghill
- Duress
- Dye, etc. (color)
- E.
- Eavesdropper
- Eccentric, -al, etc.
- Economy
- Ecstasy
- Ecstatic
- Ecumenic, -al
- Edematous
- Edile, -ship
- Eloign, -ment
- Emarginate
- Embalm, -ed, etc.
- Embalmer, -ment
- Embank, -ed, etc.
- Embargo
- Embark, -ed, etc.
- Embarkation
- Embassy
- Embassage
- Embed, -ded, etc.
- Embezzle
- Emblaze
- Emblazon, -ed, etc.
- Embody, -ied, etc.
- Embolden, -ed, etc.
- Emborder, etc.
- Embosom [If written Imbosom, follow copy.]
- Emboss, -ed, etc.
- Embowel, -ed, -ing
- Emboweler, -ment
- Embower, -ed, etc.
- Embrace, -ed, etc.
- Embracer, -ment
- Embrasure
- Embrocation
- Embroil, -ed, etc.
- Emerods [The Biblical spelling; in ordinary work, Hemorrhoids.]
- Emir
- Empale, -ed, etc.
- Emperor
- Empoison
- Empower, -ed, etc.
- Emprise
- Empurple
- Emu
- Enameled, -ing, etc.
- Enamor, -ed, -ing
- Encage, -ed, etc.
- Encamp, -ed, etc.
- Enchant
- Enchiseled, -ing
- Encloister
- Encounter, etc.
- Encroach, etc.
- Encumber, -ed, etc.
- Encyclopedia
- Endear
- Endeavor, -ed, etc.
- Endow, etc.
- Endue
- Endure, -ance
- Enforce, -ed, etc.
- Engage, -ed, etc.
- Engender
- Engorge, -ed, etc.
- Engross
- Enhance
- Enigma
- Enjoin, etc.
- Enkindle, -ed, etc.
- Enlarge, etc.
- Enlist
- Enroll
- Enrollment
- Enshrine
- Enshroud
- Ensphere
- Enstamp
- Entail (Arch.)
- Entangle, etc.
- Enterprise
- Enthrone, -ed, etc.
- Entire, -ly, etc.
- Entitle, -ed, etc.
- Entrance, -ed, etc.
- Entrap, -ped, etc.
- Entreat, -ed, etc. {p132}
- Entreaty
- Entresol
- Entwine, -ed, etc.
- Envelop (v.)
- Envelope (n.)
- Envelopment
- Envenom
- Eolipile
- Epaulet
- Epauleted, -ing
- Equaled, -ing
- Equiangular
- Equivoque
- Era
- Error, etc.
- Escalade
- Escapement
- Escarp (Fort.) [But if written Scarp, follow copy.]
- Eschalot
- Escheat
- Escritoire
- Escutcheon
- Estafet
- Esthetics
- Estoppel
- Estrich
- Etiology
- Étui [A French word, anglicized as Etwee; follow copy.]
- Exactor
- Expense
- Exsiccate, -ed, -ing, etc.
- Exsiccation
- Exsuccous
- Exudation
- Exude, etc.
- Eyrie
- F.
- Fæces
- Fagot, -ed, -ing
- Fairy
- Fakir
- Falchion
- Falcon, -er, -ry
- Fantasy
- Fantastic
- Farthingale
- Fattener
- Favor, -er, -ed, etc.
- Fecal
- Fecula
- Feldspar
- Felly
- Feoffor
- Fervor
- Fetal
- Feticide
- Fetor
- Fetus
- Feud, -al, -atory
- Feudalize, -ism
- Fie
- Filbert
- Filibuster
- Filigree
- Fillibeg [But if written Filibeg or Phillibeg, follow copy.]
- Finery (a forge)
- Firman
- Fishgig
- Fives [Veterinary]
- Flageolet
- Flavor, -ed, etc.
- Flier
- Floatage (Law)
- Flotsam
- Flour (of grain)
- Flower-de-luce [If French is wanted,—Fleur-de-lis.]
- Fluke (Naut.)
- Fluke (Zoöl.)
- Fogy
- Font (Typog.)
- Forbade
- Foray
- Fosse
- Foundery [Very few writers so spell: if written Foundry, follow copy.]
- Franc (coin)
- Frantic
- Frenzy
- Frieze (Arch.)
- Frouzy
- Frumenty
- Frustum
- Fueled, -ing
- Fulfill, -ment
- Fullness
- Further
- [Farther When space or time is indicated.]
- Furtherance
- Furthermore
- Furthest
- [Farthest When space or time is indicated.]
- Fuse (n.) [In U. S. Govt. work Fuze is the common usage, to distinguish it from the verb to Fuse. Follow copy.]
- Fusil (gun)
- Fusileer
- G.
- Gabardine
- Galiot
- Garish
- Gallias [So spelled in the first column; but in the defining columns of the Dictionary, the s is doubled. Follow copy.]
- Gamboled, -ing
- Gamut {p133}
- Gang (Min.) [If written Gangue, follow copy.]
- Gantlet [A military punishment.]
- Gasteropod
- Gargoyle (Arch.)
- Gauge
- Gault
- Gauntlet [A large glove of mail.]
- Gayety
- Gayly
- Gazelle
- Genet
- Gerfalcon
- Germane
- Germ
- Ghibelline
- Gibe
- Gimbals
- Gimlet
- Girasole
- Girt (v.)
- [Girth (n.)]
- Glair
- Glamour
- Glave
- Gloze
- Gnarled
- Gore
- Good-by
- Good-humor
- Gormand
- Governor
- Graft, -ed
- Grandam
- Granddaughter
- Granite
- Graveled, -ing [The l in graveling should not be doubled.]
- Gray, -ish, etc.
- Grenade
- Grenadier
- Greyhound
- Grewsome
- Griffin
- Grisly [If written Grizzly, follow copy.]
- Groats
- Grogram
- Grommet
- Grotesque, -ly
- Groundsel
- Groveler, -ing
- Group (v.)
- Guaranty [If written Guarantee, follow copy.]
- Guelder-rose
- Guelf [If written Guelph, follow copy.]
- Guerrilla
- Guilder (coin)
- Guillotine
- Gulf
- Gunwale
- Gurnard
- Gypsy
- Gyrfalcon
- Gyves
- H.
- Hackle
- Hagbut
- Haggard
- Haggess
- Ha-ha
- Haik
- Hake
- Halberd
- Halibut
- Hallelujah [But if written Alleluia, or Halleluiah, follow copy, to avoid “correcting.”]
- Halloo
- Halidom
- Halyard
- Handicraft
- Handiwork
- Handsome
- Handsel
- Handseled
- Harbor, -ed, etc.
- Harebell
- Harebrained
- Harem
- Haricot
- Harrier
- Harry
- Haslet
- Hasheesh
- Hatti-sherif
- Haulm
- Haul
- Haunch
- Hautboy
- Hawser
- Headache
- Hearse
- Hectoliter
- Hectometer
- Hegira
- Height, -en, etc.
- Heinous, -ly, -ness
- Hematite
- Hematology
- Hemistich
- Hemorrhoids
- Heretoch
- Hermit, -age
- Herpetology
- Hexahedron
- Hibernate
- Hiccough
- Hinderance [If written Hindrance, follow copy. See remark under Foundery, in loco.]
- Hindoo, -ism
- Hip (Pom.)
- Hipped-roof {p134}
- Hippogriff
- Hippocras
- Ho
- Hoarhound
- Hockey
- Hodge-podge
- Hoiden, -ish
- Holiday [If written Holyday, follow copy.]
- Hollo
- Holster
- Hominy
- Homeopathy
- Homonym
- Honeyed
- Honor, -ed, etc.
- Hoop (v.)
- Hoopoe
- Hornblende
- Horror
- Hostelry
- Hostler
- Hough
- Housewife
- Howdah
- Howlet
- Hummock
- Humor
- Hurra
- Hydrangea
- Hypæthral
- Hyperstene
- Hypotenuse
- Hyssop