[Calibre
Generally so spelled when
used in a figurative sense; as “a mind of inferior
calibre”; and in this sense retains the French pron.
Ka·le·bur.]
Calipers
Caliph
Calk
Calligraphy
Calotte
Caloyer
Caltrop
Calyx
Cameo
Camlet
Camomile
[If written Chamomile, follow copy.]
Camphor
Cannel (-coal)
Cannoneer
Canoe
Cantilever
Canvas
[Canvass]
Capriole
Car
Carabine
Carabineer
Carat
Caravansary
Caravel
Caraway
[Carcase
Scripture.]
Carcass
Carle
Carnelian
Carolytic
Cartel
Cartridge
Cassada
Cassimere
[If spelled Kerseymere, follow copy.]
Cassowary
[Cast]
Caste, class
Castellan
Caster
[One who casts; a cruet; a furniture-wheel.]
[Castor
A genus of animals; a hat; a drug.]
Castlery
Castrel
Catchpoll
Catchup
Catechise
Catherine
Cauliflower
Causeway
Cavazion (Arch.)
Caviare
Caw
Cayman
Cedilla
Ceiling
Celt
Celtic
Centiped
Cess
Chalcedony
Chaldron
Chalice
Chameleon
Chamois
Champaign
[Flat, open country,—Deut. 11 : 30.]
[Champagne, wine]
Champerty
Chant
Chap
[See remark on this word, in Wb. List, ante.]
Chaps
Char
[A small job.
So spelled in England, and in Departments at Washington, where
“charwomen” are employed. But—
Chore
Is the common orthography
in the United States,—and if so written, follow
copy.]
Chase
Chastely
Chasteness
Check
Checker
Cheer
Chemical
Chemist
Chemistry
Chestnut
Chiliahedron
Chillness
Chimb
Chintz
Chloride
Choir
Choke
Choose
Chorister
Chyle
Chylifactive
Cider
Cigar
Cimeter
Cipher
Clam (v.)
Clarinet
Cleat
Clew
Clinch
Cloak
Clodpoll
Cloff
Clothe
Clothes {p144}
Cluck
Clyster
Cobbler
Cocoa
Coddle
Cœliac
Coif
Coiffure
Coke
Colander
Colic
College
Colliery
Colter
Comfrey
Commandery
Commissariat
Compatible
Complete
Concordat
Confectionery
Confidant (n.)
Congealable
Connection
Connective
Consecrator
Contemporary
Contra-dance
Contributory
Control
Controllable
Controller
[Comptroller
2d column. See Wb. list.]
Conversable
Cony
Cony-burrow
Coomb (4 bushels)
Copier
Coping
Copse
Coquette (n.)
Coranach
Corbel
Cordovan
Corpse
Correlative
Cosey
Cot
Cotillon
Counsellor
[One who gives advice.]
[Councillor
A member of a council.]
Courant
Courtesan
Courtesy
[Curtesy (Law)]
Covin
Covinous
Cozen
Cozenage
Craunch
Crawfish
Creak (v.)
Crier
Croslet
Crowd
Crowfoot
Cruet
Crumb
Crusade
Cruse (cruet)
Crystal
Cucurbit
Cue
Cuerpo
Cuish
Cuneiform
Cupel
Curb
Curb-stone
Curtain
Cutlass
Cyclopædia
Cyst
Cysted
Czar
D.
Dactyl
Daily
Daisied
Damaskeen (v.)
Damson
Dandruff
Danegelt
Daub
Dawdle
Dearn
Debarkation
Debonair
Decoy
Decrepit
Defence
Defier
Deflection
Deflour
Delft
Delphine
Deltoid
Demesne
Demarcation
Democrat
Denizen
Dependant (n.)
Dependence
Dependent (a.)
Deposit
Desert (n.)
Desolater
Despatch
[Dispatch also appears in Wor. 1st column. Follow copy.]
Dessert (n.)
Detecter
Detorsion
Detractor
Develop
Development
Devest
Dexterous
[If written Dextrous follow copy.]
Diadron {p145}
Diæresis
Diarrhœa
Dike
Dime
Diocese
Disburden
Discount
Disfranchise
Disfranchisement
Dishabille
Disinthrall
Disk
Disseize
Disseizin
Disseizor
Dissolvable
Distention
Distil
Distrainor
Diversely
Divest
Docket
Doctress
Dodecahedron
Doggerel
Domicile
Doomsday-book
Dory
Dote
Doubloon
Dowry
Downfall
Drachm
[Properly limited to the
Greek coin or weight.]
Dram
[A denomination in
apothecaries’ and avoirdupois weight; a small
quantity; a potation.]
Dragoman
Draught
[This, the original
and proper orthography, should be retained in
all senses other than the five mentioned under
Draft.]
Draft
[1. Act of drawing or pulling.
2. A body of men drawn for or from a military
organization. 3. An order
by which one person draws on another for money; also
the money so drawn. 4. An
allowance in weighing. 5.
The drawing of lines for a plan; the plan so drawn.]
Dreadnaught
Driblet
Drier
Drought
Dryly
Dryness
Duchess
Duchy
Dulness
Dungeon
Dunghill
Duress
Dye (color)
Dyeing (coloring)
E.
Eavesdropper
Eccentric
Echelon
Economics
Ecstasy
Ecstatic
Ecumenical
Edile
Eke
Embalm
Embank
Embankment
Embargo
Embark
Embarkation
Embase
Embassy
Embed
Embedded
Embezzle
Embezzlement
Emblazon
Embody
Embolden
Emborder
Embosk
Embosom
Emboss
Embowel
Embower
Embrasure
Empale
Empanel
[This orthography is
recommended. (Wb. has Empaneled in first column.)
There are so many correct ways of spelling this
word, that a man who would get it wrong should be very
ingenious.]
Empoison
Empower
Empress
Encage
Encenia
Enchant
Enchase
Encircle
Encroach
Encumber
Encumbrance
Encyclopædia
Endamage
Endear
Endow
Endue
Enfeeble
Enfeoff
Enfranchise
Engender
Engorge {p146}
Enhance
Enigma
Enjoin
Enlard
Enlarge
Enlighten
Enlist
Enlumine
Enroll
Enrolment
Enshrine
Entail
Entangle
Enterprise
Enthrone
Enthymeme
Entice
Entire
Entirety
Entitle
Entomb
Entrance (v.)
Entrap
Entreat
Envelop (v.)
Envelopment
Eolipile
Epaulet
Epigraph
Equerry
Equiangular
Equivoke
Era
Eremite
Escalade
Eschalot
Escritoire
Escutcheon
Estafette
[Esthetic]
Esthetics
Estoppel
Etiology
Exactor
Expense
Exsanguious
Exsect
Exsiccate
Exsiccation
Exsiccative
Exsuccous
Extrinsical
Exudation
Exude
Eyry
F.
Fæces
Fagot
Fairy
Fakir
Falchion
Falcon
Fantasy
Farther
Farthest
[Present tendency is,
to employ farther and farthest in indicating
space or time; in other senses, further and
furthest.]
Farthingale
Fattener
Fearnaught
Fecal
Felly
Felon
Felspar
Ferrule
[Ferule
This word is in second column; but as its signification is wholly distinct
from ferrule, it should have place here.]
Feud
Feudal
Feudality
Feudatory
Feuillemorte
Fie
Filanders
Filbert
Filigrane
Filigree
Fillibeg
Filly
Finery (a forge)
Firman
Fizgig
Flageolet
Fleam
Flier
Flotage
Flotsam
Flour (meal)
Fleur-de-lis
Flugelman
Fluke
Fluoride
Fœtus
Forestall
Foretell
Forray
Forte (strong side)
Fosse
Foundery
[But if written Foundry, follow copy.]
Franc (coin)
Frenetic
Frenzy
Frieze
Frigate
Frit
Frizzle
Frowzy
Frumentaceous
Frumenty
Frustum
Fuel
Fulfil
Fulfilment
Fulness
Furlough
Further
Furthest
[See Farthest.]
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Fusee
Fusileer
Fuze (n.)
G.
Gabardine
Galiot
Gallipot
Galoche
Gamut
Gangue (in ore)
Gantlet
[A military punishment.]
Garish
Garreteer
Gauge
Gauger
Gault
Gauntlet (glove)
Gayety
Gayly
Gazelle
Gear
Gelatine
Genet
Gerfalcon
Germ
Ghastly
Ghibelline
Ghyll (ravine)
Gibberish
Gibe
Giglot
Gimlet
Gimmal
Girasole
Girth
Glair
Glave
Glazier
Glede
Gloar
Gloze
Glue
Gluey
Gnarled
Gneiss
Good-by
Gore
Gourmand
Gormandize
Governante
Graft
Grandam
Granddaughter
Granite
Grasshopper
Gray
Greeze (a step)
Grenade
Grenadier
Greyhound
Griffin
Grizzled
Grocer
Grogram
Grotesque
Groundsill
Group
Guarantee
Guild
Guilder (coin)
Guillotine
Gulf
Gunwale
Gurnet
Gypsy
Gyre
Gyve
H.
Haggard
Haggess
Ha-ha
Hake
Halberd
Hale (healthy)
Halibut
Halyards
Halloo
Hame
Handicraftsman
Handiwork
Hards
Harebell
Harebrained
Harem
Harrier
Harslet
Hatchel
Haul (to drag)
Haum
Haunch
Haust (cough)
Hautboy
Havoc
Hawser
Hazel
Headache
Hearse
Heartache
Height
Heighten
Heinous
Hemistich
Hemorrhoids
Heptamerede
Herpetology
Hexahedron
Hibernate
Hibernation
Hiccough
Hinderance
[If written Hindrance, follow copy. In one of
the largest printing-offices in the world, an
effort was made a few years since to get the e
into Dexterous, Foundery, and Hinderance
(style of Wb. and Wor.); but so much trouble
ensued,—presumably from outside orthographers,—that
compositors and proof-readers were erelong instructed
to leave the e out. Follow copy.] {p148}
Hip (v).
Hip (n).
Hippocras
Hodge-podge
Hoiden
Holiday
Holster
Hominy
Homonyme
Hone
Honeyed
Hoot
Horde
Horehound
Hornblende
Hostler
Household
Housewife
Howlet
Hub
Hurrah
Hydrangea
Hypothenuse
I.
Icicle
Illness
Imbitter
Imbound
Imbox
Imbrue
Impair
Imparlance
Impassion
Implead
Imposthume
[“This seems . . . to have been written
erroneously for aposteme.”—Johnson. Follow copy,
whether spelled aposteme, apostume, impostem,
imposthume, or impostume,—any other orthography
might possibly be incorrect.]
Impoverish
Incase
Inclasp
Incloister
Inclose
Inclosure
Incondensable
Increase
Incrust
Indefeasible
Indelible
Indict
Indictment
Indite
Inditer
Indocile
Indorsable
Indorse
Indorsement
Indorser
Inferrible
Inflection
Infold
Infoliate
Ingraft
Ingraftment
Ingrain
Ingulf
Innuendo
Inquire
Inquirer
Inquiry
Insnare
Install
Instalment
Instil
Instructor
Insurance
Insure
Insurer
Intenable
Interlace
Interplead
Interpleader
Inthrall
Intrinsical
Intrust
Intwine
Inure
Inurement
Invalid (n.)
Inveigle
Inventor
Inwheel
Inwrap
Inwreathe
Isle
J.
Jackal
Jacobin
Jag
Jagghery
Jail
Jailer
Jalap
Jamb (n.)
Janizary
Janty
Jasmine
Jaunt
Jelly
Jenneting
Jetty
Jewellery
[Thus in 1st column, as “the
more regularly formed word”; but jewelry is the more
common. Follow copy.]
Jiffy
Jingle
Jointress
Jole
[If written jowl, follow copy.]
Jonquille
Judgment
Julep
Junket
Just (n.)
Justle
[If written jostle, compositor and proof-reader
had better follow copy, to save the trouble and
expense of correcting.] {p149}