♦* * ;- ^ : «. **b 4? c5> ^rv - *W L* .."' ^ ** % WWs / \ -^ \fiea3?o<>o><-x 0-^^r^^^.o^^^ V^cp %V^\£ y EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ,io wit. BE it remembered, That on the second day of JU-y, )a the forty-sixth yea #<$<§>$><§> of the Independence of the United "States of America, A. D. KJ2<8 «£>L. S. <§, M'Carty<& Davis, of ih£ said district, have de^'s'yt*^ in' this eihce c^c^c^c^c^ the title of a book, the i%hI\t]fcfeofAhey rs, in the words following, to wit "i * # V . j . land lownsmjjg Jlont- " Byerly's New American ?■ e:L!rrrt-Kook, en " the United States, compiled bj Stephen Byerl " gomery county, Pa." In conformity to .the Act of the Congress of tl "act for the cncoura^enieof of learning, bv ^n id books;to 1 United Stales enti to the ;;uihcrs and proprietors o{ ?uch etfyies, clu and extending '.th*: benefits thereof tb itching histaricaj and olfccr'pfeots.v t>: CALDWELL, M Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsyh . «■ • ' :.. :niion< >C :' and e n titled, an v :• m. ■ ■ arts :■ ti.' le.s tht .■vvi"i^vv> KEY Zion3| i bate, f^VPiV}.. mete, neec.. kind, find. mote, note. mate, pure. fly, deny. 2 Sli-ori. 2 cart, had. men, fed. kid, ma.n not, from. tun, but. fury, svlyar 3 Broad a 3 fail, A 3 draw. 4 F/ar -c. a balm, hard. 5 Long o or oo. 5 5 5 o or oo move, noon. Silent letters are printed in Italic?, except s, wliiGh wher urinted in Italic sounds like z. UoUgYSMMK *E-GS; --S-- •* »-- r. 6 Broad o. 6 6 6 nor, 7 Short oo. for. 7 7 7 00 book, 8 Sharp it. stood. H 8 8 u. bash, full. 9 SJiort u. 9 com-, 1 ?.n\ 10 Short o. bird. to 10 10 a what, 1 1 .Long «, e tliere, 12 Long c. 12 i a i fat%ue, marine. 01 > voice, oil-. °y \ j°y- ou I found, ow now, dowi. PREFACE. It has become very common with the compilers of spelling-books, to begin with a long enumeration of faults in the systems of others, and an apology for intruding their own work on the public. With this plan I shall dispense, and only flatter myself that every attempt to improve, and render easy the art of instructing our youth in the rudiments of the English language, cannot fail to meet with encouragement by a wise, virtuous, and en- lightened people. In the first part of the following work, the spelling lessons are arranged from one to six syllables ; and an easy gradation has been observed, so as to keep pace with the capacity of the learner, without confusing his ideas too soon with difficult words. The second part is composed .of a table of proper names of persons, cities, rivers, mountains, and villages, regularly arranged, and concluding with a table of words alike in sound but different in spelling and signification. The third partis composed of a large table of words accented and explained. The pronunciation of Walker has been pursued throughout the work, and the most natural division of the syllables has been attended to. Care has been taken to adapt the reading lessons to the understanding of children, and the subjects are such as are calculated to inspire the youthful mind with a love of virtue and truth, while, at the same time, they amuse and instruct. STEPHEN BYERLY. Mooreland, June 15th, 1822. Byerlrfs Spelling-Book. Kite. Lamp. Mask. Pot. QuaiL , Rose. %% Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 12 345 6 7 890 BYERLY'S New American Spelling-Book. PART 1. THE ALPHABET. ROMAN CAPITALS. ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ. ROMAN SMALL LETTERS. abcdefghijklmnopq r s t u v w x j z. dcouehkmflniprtwy v x z a q j b g s. ITALICS. ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRS TUVWX YZ. a b c d ef g h ij k I m n o. p q rs-tuvwxy z, 8 Byerly^s JSpclltng-Book. Double Letters, now in use, ff fi ffi fl ffl Syllables. SECTION I. ba LESSON 1. be bi bo bu LESSON 5. ab eb ib ot> ub ]ca da fa ce ci co cu de di do du fe fi fo fu ac ec ic oc ad ed id odl af ef if of uc ud uf ga ge gi go gu a g e S ig og ug ha LESSON 2~ he hi ho hu LESSON 6. ah ob J a ka la je Ji jo ju ke ki ko ku le li lo hi ak ek ik ok al el il ol uk | ul ma me mi mo mu am em im om um 1 LESSON 3. LESSON 7. na ne ni no nu an en in oft un | pa ra pe pi po pu re ri ro ru ap ep lp op ar er ir or U P jl ur [1 sa : ta se si so su te ti to tu as es is os at et It ot us ut |j LESSON 4- LESSON £L va ve vi vo vu av ev iv ov uv wa we wi wo wu ya za ye yi yo yu ze zi zo zu ax ex ix ox az ez iz oz irx | oz | hycrlifs bpeliing-Book. 9 LESSON 9. LESSON 10. ac da *§M& id oc ro im za gu ki cu la 1 ft re by it se of di he hu cy go ne wa ed ho lu ax ci fu eg ik ic on ye zo ry ko ec ku nu az ya oc me eu al ex cy Syllables of three Letters. LESSON 1. LESSON 4. bla ble bli bio blu bra bre bri bro bru qua que qui quo sea see sci sco scu cha che chi cho chu sha she shi sho shu cla cle cli clo clu ska ske ski sko sku era ere cri cro cru sla sle sli slo slu LESSON 2. LESSON 5. dra dre dri dro dru sma sme smi smo smu dAva dwe dwi dwo d wu sna sne sni sno snu |fla fle fli flo flu fra fre fri fro fru spa spe spi spo spu sta ste sti sto stu gla gle gli glo glu swa swe swi swo swu LESSON 3. LESSON 6. gra gre gri gro gru kna kne kni kno knu tha the thi tho thu tra tre tri tro tru phaphe phi pho phu pla pie pli plo plu twa twe twi two twu i wha whe whi who whu 1 pra pre pri pro pru wra wre wri wro wru 10 Byerltfs Spelling-Book. LESSON 7. An owl and a bat; a cat andji _rat. A sow and a pig ; a nut andjgj 1 A cow and an ox ; a hen an* Wox. 1 See the mad dog, on the wet b< % ! SECTION II. Words of three Letters. ' LESSON 1. Bad beg bog can den dip bag bet bug cap did dog ban bid bun cat dig dot bat big but cut dim LESSON 2. dug Fan fig fun had hid hot jfag fin gad hag him hug |fat fit gap ham hit hum fen fog gum hat hog LESSON 3. hut All of us my son are to die. Go not in the way of bad men ? For ba d men are in the way of sin. Be a g ood boy, and try to do well. I LESSON 4. Kid lip man nag num pen i lad log mat net nut pet | lag lot men nit pad P?g ! lap lug met nod pan LESSON 5. pin Pod ran ram rob run set pot rap rib rot rut sin pun rat rig rub sad sit put red rip rug sap sob Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 11 lesson 6. My son do no ill. The jH^o f God is on us all the day; And *1 Ian see us in all we do. Let us riot go out of the good way. LESSON 7. Sot tap tit urn wet fur sum tax top wag wig mud sun ten tub wax win mug tap* tin tug wen wit fix LESSON 8. Sop jet bar f6r did cry mix jut far nor ode dry sex six car oy ore try vex firm tar boy fly s py ink art mar toy fry thy LESSON 9. Be just and true, and kind to all. Love all men, and do good to all ; But most of all love God who made thee. Put thy trust in him and fear him. SECTION III. Words of four Letters. lesson 1. Back belt bung buck duck fist band bend bond cash dust fish bank beck bump damp fang furl bang best burn dash felt frog lesson %. Gift hemp hurt just land lick gilt help hush king lash link hack hilt husk kill lend list hand hiss hill lack left limp 1 r fcif -°s terly's h ihng-Book. LESSON 3. ■ If " our end be bad we so -to wc I And thus it is with all who dig U; 1 But he that does what go 1 And do as we would wish to be done unto. My son, hold fast the law that is good. LESSON 10. Bkbe bite cope dote five gold bade bone core duke feel gore bale bold cube deep feet hate bake bore cure deer fume hind bane bolt dale fade fuse hive bare cape date fame fold hold base care dime fare gale home bate case dine fine game hose bile cave dive find gate hope bind colt dose file gave joke LESSON 11. Help t such as need it , and be kind to all. Do to all men as you 7 would like to be done to. Use no bad w ords, and keep to the truth. This is •the way to gain the love of all good men. LESSON 12. keep lice mare mode nice pile kind life mate mole nine pine kite lone maze mope nose pint lame lungs mice more note pipe lane lure mild mote pace poke late lute mile mule page pole lead mace mind muse pale pore like made mine mute pate port lime make mire name pave post line male mite need peer pure m |j B 14 Bycrhf's Spelling-Book. LESSON 13. The life that now is, is short; But the life to come has no end. Let us serve God in our young days ; For we can do no work in the grave. lesson 14. seed seek seem side sine size sold sole sore sure lesson 15. My son, walk not in thine own ways, but in the ways of the Lord. Spend thy time well, and God will bless thee: he will love thee and do thee good. lesson 16. Kace rice rude rage rake ride rime rule safe rape rare rise rite sage sale rate nve same rave robe sate reed rode save reek reel rope rose seen seer take tone tale tame tope tore tape tube tare tune teem tile type vale tide . vase time vice tire vile Vine vote wade wage wake wane ware wave weed week ween weep wide wife wild wile wind wine wipe wire yoke zone ball call fall mall hall halt malt salt warm want wall blrk card farm hard harm lard lark marl mark barn bard spar yarn yard b6on boot moon noon poor soon room root c&rd lord b6ok btish bull Byerly's Spelling-Book. lesson 17. The Owl. 15 The Owl is a large bird. It sleeps all day, and hunts its food at night. It eats small birds and mice. It makes a very loud noise, and is often heard at midnight. It has large eyes, and a head like a cat. SECTION IV. Words of- five Letters. Biack bland blank blast blend bless blink bliss block bluff blunt blush LESSON brush bunch 1. brack burnt brand clamp brass glass brick bring brink brisk clang clash clasp class cliff clink clock clump crack cramp crank crick crisp cross crump crush crust drank dress drift drill drink flank flask flash flesh 16 Byerly^s Spelll g-Book. LESSON 2. Go to the ant. you that hate work, Think on her ways and be wise • She takes care to lay up a store * . To J ay up food for the time of need. LESSON 3. Flint graft punch spell stint flock grand slack spend stock flush grant slant spill strap fresh grass slink stack strip frisk plant smack staff stuck frock plank smell stanch stuff frost pluck snack stand stump gland plump snuff stiff stung . glass plush spank still swell gloss prank speck LESSON sting 4. swing By the word of the Lord were all things made. God made the world ; he made both man and| beast. He made the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea. LESSON 5. Blkde broke drove graze plume blame brute flame green pride Haze close fleet greet prime i bleed clove frame grind prize blind crape glade gripe prone blote crave glare grope prune brace crime glide grQve slate brake crude globe grume slave breed drave grace place sleep bride drive grave plane sleet Byc-rlffs Spelling-Book. 17 LESSON 6. The boy who strives to learn his book, He soon will learn to spell ; And he that wants to be a man. Will learn his lesson well. LESSON 7. Slice sneer spine stave store slide snore spire steed stove slime space spite steel sware slope spake spoke steep sweep smile spare sport steer sweet smite speed stage stile trace smoke spice stale stole trade smote spike stare stone trope LESSON 8. He that made us, my son, doth mind all that we say and do. Let us love and fear him all the day, and in all our words and deeds try to please him. If thou hast done what is not right, do so no more ; but try to mend for the time to come God will not cast thee off, if thou strive to mend, and do well for the time to come. lesson 9. bloom brood broom crook droop groom proof scoop TFT mena, i *Br&wI ma ao c&ive brawn farce crawl smart drawn snarl drawl spark gawk start scald sn&rt fault storm shoot flood sloop stood sooth brook spool stool crook shook stoop troop bl&od birch chirp shirt 18 Ihjerlifs Spelling-Book li:sson 10. The Lord made thee, my child, and me. and all things. He made our eyes to see with, our ears to hear with, and our teeth to eat with. tie save us life and breath, and all the good things that we have. LESSON 11. crown clown drown frown hound house Broil joint moist noi.se point poise spoil cloud hound hrown flout louse mouse proud prowl pound round scour scout spout stout trout The Cock. The Cock is a fowl that lives about the {arm yard. He has white flesh, and a bulky body. He has a short strong bill to pick up grain. He has short wings, and a large red comb on the top of his head. His tail is large and bushy, and he crows every hour after n id night Byerly's Spelling-Book. 19 Improve by other men's faults, rather than censure them. A good man passes by an offence, and a noble spirit scorns revenge. Some things are good which are not plea- u other things are pleasant which are not good 5 but to live in peace is both good and pleasant. SECTION V. Words of iwp syllables, accented on the first. A corn an gel ba by ba ker bane ful bare foot ba sis hi as ! blind fold brew er clo ver Cii er cri sis cru el cru et cu bit dan ger de cent de ist di al bride cakedi et bri er bri ny bro ken bro ker bru tal care ful care less ce dar ci der cli ent dire ful do tage dra per dro ver dur ing du ty e diet e gress e pact e Qua! e ven e vil feel ing fe male fe. ver fi nal fin ite fir ing flu ent fluid fly er fo cus fore cast fore man fore most green ish fore top greet ing fra grant gro cer free dom gru el free ly hate ful free stone ha tred fri ar ha ven fro zen fru gal fu el fu ry fu ture game ster gi ant glar ing glory gold en gold smith grate ful grave ly gra vy J Eyeries Spelling-Book. The Lord who made the ear of man, He needs must hear aright; He made the eye ; so all must then Be plain as in his sight. The Lord does know the wish of man ; His heart he sees full plain ; The Lord most high, man's will does scan, And sees it is but vain. Ha zel ha zy heed less hire ling home ly hope ful host ess huge ly hu man hu*mid hy dra hy men dol ron i cy jew el ju lep ju ry jkeep er ikind ly I kind ness | la bour la dy lame ness late ly la tent la ver la zy le gal lewd ness li ar life less light en like ly like ness li on live ly lone ly lu cid lu nar lu rid tying ma jor ma ker man ger man gy ma son meek ness meet ing mild ness mind ful mo dish mole hill molt en mo merit mu cus mute ly name less name ly na ture na val need ful need less need y nice ly nine ty no ted o men on ly o pen o val o ver pa gan pale ness pa pal pa per pa pist pa rent pave ment peer ess peer less peev ish pew ter pi rate pli ant plu ral po em po et pole* cat post age po tent pri mate pri vate prone ness pru dence Byerltfs Sj selling-Book 21 That man or child is safe anc sure, Who daily lives in awe, And that his life may be kept pure, Does love God's holy law r : For he shall live in peace and rest, He fears not at his death ; Love fills his heart , and hope his breast, With joy he yields his breath. Pu pil si lence sweet ness wa fer pure ly sla vish ta ken wa ger ra ven slee py ta per wake ful ra zor sli der ti dings whi ten re gal smo ky tidy whi- ting ripe ly so ber time ly za ny ri pen so lar to ken ab bot ri val sore ly tra der ab ject f ude ly spi cy tri umph ac tor rude ness spi der tru ly ac tress ru ler spi nal tu lip ad der ru ral spi ral tu mour ad vent sa cred spo ken tu mult ad verb safe ty state ly tune ful af ter sa tan sto len tu tor al um sa turn sto ny ty rant am ber se cret sto ry use ful an ger seem ly stu dent use less an ker sha dy stu pid va cant an nal shame ful su et v^t grant an tic shape ly sure ly vary an vil sha ver sure ty ve nal asp en , sheep fold sweet en vi al at las si lent sweet ly vi tal at om 22 Byerly^s Spelling- Book. Since you are not certain of an hour, never throw away a minute. Make the most of your time, and improve it while it is in your power. What we call time enough, always proves to be little enough. In the morning think what thou hast to do, and at night forget not to ask thyself what thou hast done. Back ward bag gage bal ance bal lad bal last ban dy ban ish bank er ban ner ban quet ban ter ban dage bant ling bap tist bar rel bar ren bash ful bas ket bat ter besr gar bel fry belly bet ter bid den big ot bil let bish op black ness blad der blank et bless ed bless ing blis ter blun der blus ter bob bin bod kin bod y bon dage bond man bon fire bon net bran dish bran dy brim stone bris ket brisk ly brisk ness buck et buck ler buck ram buffet bump er bunt ing bur den burn ing bur nish but ler but ment but ter but ton cab bage cab in cam el can eel can cer can did cap ture car go car rot car ry cav ern cav il chan nel chat ter chap el chap let chap ter chat ter cher ish chest nut chick en chil ly chim ney chol ic churchman churl ish cin der cis tern cit ron city civ il clam my clat ter cler gy clos et clus ter clut ter cob ler cob web Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 23 Learn to live so that you need not fear to die. Use well jour time, while in your prime. An ill spent life, will have a bad end. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want. He that will not work should not eat. Death levels all, both great and small. Do no hurt where you can do no good. Do your best, and leave the rest to God. Cod fish coffer cof fee coffin com ment com mon com pact com plex com post con cord con gress con stant con sort con test con tract con trite con vent con vert con vex con vict cop per cop y cost ly cot ton craf ty cred it crick et crup per crus ty crys tal cul ture cum ber cur rant cus torn cut lass cut ler dag ger dam age dam ask del uge des cant dif fer dim ly din ner dis cord dis count diz zy dock et doc tor dol lar drag on drink er , driv en drop sy drunk ard drunk en dul lard dump ling dung hill dus ky dus ty ef fort el der em bers em blem emmet end less en trance en try en vy er ror es sence ev er fac tor fam ish fan cy fat ling fat ten fen nel fer ret fer ry fes ter fet ter fig ure fil bert fil let fin ish fir kin flag on flan nel flas ket flax en flinty flus ter flut ter fod der •u jerly^s Spdiuig-Book. A good boy will do that which is right f he vvili flee from vice : he will do good and walk in the way of life. L.ove not the world nor the things that are in the world, for they are sinful. Be a good child, mind thy book, love thy school, and strive to learn. For age for est fos ter frag merit iVnt tul frol ic fYos ty fun nel fur nish gal Ion >;al lop ^am brel ■(am mon gan der ; >;ar ret gen der gei ture :^ib bet d ness lis ter glit ter •;lut ton ob let *os pel ^rav A grist ly grov el gul let gul ly gun ner gus set gut ter hab it ham let hammer han dy hank er hap pen hap py hat ter haz ard hel met Help ful hem lock her mit hid den hin der hor rid hov el hun dmd hun ger hunt er hur ry hurt ful jack et J ell 7 in dex in got in most in quest in step in suit ken nel ker nel king dom lad der Ian cet land lord land ing Ian tern lap pet last ing lat in lat ter lav ish lem on let ter lev el lim ber lim it lit ter liz ard lofty log ic log wood lug gage lu-m ber lus ty mad ness mag got mal let mam mon man ful man hood man ly man ner mar ry mat ter mel on mem ber Byerly's Spelling-Book. 25 Tell no tales, call no ill names, but be kind to all. You must not lie, nor swear, nor cheat, nor steal. Play not with bad boys ; use no bad words. Spend your time well; live in peace, and shun all strife. This is the way to make good men love you, and save your souls from pain and wo. The time will come when all men must die. on set plan et rav el pack et plas ter rav ish pad lock plat ter reb el pal let plen ty rel ish pam per plum met ren net plun der rest less pot ter riv er prin cess riv et proffer rob ber pros pect rock et pros per rot ten pub lish rub bish pun ish rud der put ty rug ged raf ter run let ral ly rup ture ram mer rus set ram part rus tic ran dom rus ty sal ad sam pier Men tal mer cy mer ry mil ler mis tress mod el mod est mor al mot to mud dy mur der mus ket mur mur mus ter mus ty nev er nov el num ber nut meg ob ject of fer often pan nel par rot ped ler pen cil pen ny pep per per feet per ish per son pes ter pig gin pil fer pil grim pil lar pip pin pis tol pity ran som rap id rav age san i lal 26 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. Shun no man ; for you know not how soon you may stand in need of his help. If you have done wrong, own your fault ; for he that tells a lie to hide it, makes it worse. He that tells the truth is a wise child ; but he that tells lies will not be heard when he speaks the truth. When you are at school, keep your seats, and mind your books. Sav age scan ty seg ment sel dom self ish sel vage sen ate ser mon ser pent sev en sex ton shat ter shel ter shud der sick ness sig nal sil ver sin ner sis ter skil fill bkil let skim mer slack en slen der slip per slug gard slum ber slut tish smat ter sock et soft ly sol id son net sor ry spav in spin age spin et splen dor splut ter stam mer stan za stat ute stig ma stin go stop page stud y stur dy sub ject sud den suf fer sul ky sul len sul try sum mer sum mon sun dry sun ny sup per sur ly sur name syl van syn tax tab by tal on tal ly tan ner tar ry tat ter tav ern tern per tern pest ten ant ten or tet ter tex ture tick et tim ber tip pet trav el train pet trus ty turn bier tur nip turn pike ud der ul cer vas sal vel vet Ves sel wick ed win ter wit ness yon der ar dent art less Byerhfs Spelling-Book. bar ber bar ter car nal car pet farm er gar den gar ment 27 gaT nee gar ter dark ness mar vel mar ket par don part ner var nish bor der cor ner hor net mor tal tor ment vor tex The Lion. The Lion is a native of Africa. He is call- ed King of Beasts. The Lion is about six feet in length, and about four feet and a half high. He has a very thick head and neck, and his face is covered with long bushy hair. He has a mane like a horse, which hangs dow r n to his knees. He has short ears, arid a long tail. His legs are thick and fleshy, and his feet very short. He has claws about an inch and a quarter in length, of a white colour. The lion is very fierce, and lives to be sixty or seventy years old. 28 Byerly's Spelling-Book. The path of virtue is the path of peace: in that only can we walk with safety. Pride goes before ruin, and a lofty spirit before a fall. Then let not pride have a place in thy heart, but strive to keep thy mind humble. Be not wise in thy own eyes, but put thy trust in the Lord, and thou shalt be safe. Words A base a bate a bide a bode a buse a dore a gree a like a live a lone a maze a ware a wake ac quire ad jure ad mire ad vice al lure as pire assume SECTION VI. of two syllables, accented on the last con fute as sure at tire be fore be hind be hold be seech be side be take be ware com pare com pile com port com pose com pute con cise con elude con dole con duce con fide con fine con mve con sole con spire con sume con trive con vene de base de bate de clare de cline de duce de face de file de fine de lude de mure de note de plore de prave de pute de ride de rive de vice de vote dif fuse di late dis grace dis like dis pute dis robe dis taste dis use di vide di vine e duce e late ef face e lude em brace Byerly's Spelling-Book. 29 In six days God made the world. He made | the sun to shine by day, and the moon and stars to give light by night. He made all the beasts that walk on the earth, all the birds that fly. in the air, and all the fish that swim in the water. Each herb, and plant, and tree, is the work of his hands. Em pale en close en dure en gage en grave en rage en slave en snare en sure en tice en tire es tate e vade ex cuse ex pire ex plode ^ex plore ex port fore go im plore im port im pute in cite in cline in elude in duce in flame in fuse in hold in nate in quire in sane in snare in spire in tire in trade in vade in vite in voke mis deed mis like mis name mis place mis rule mis take mis use ob late ob scure ob tuse out pace out ride out shine pa role per fume per spire po lite pol lute pre pare pre sage pre side pro duce pro fane pro fuse pro .mote pro voke re buke re cline re elude re duce re fute re gale re late re mind re mote re new re pine re place re plete re ply re port re pute re quire re store re tire re vile re vive re voke sa lute se cure se date se duce sub lime sub side sue ceed suffice sup ply C 2 30 Byerhfs Spellwg-Book. God made man also ; he formed him out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into him the breath of life, and he became a living soul. He placed him in the garden of Eden, and spread sweet flowers around him, in order to make him happy; but man, wicked man, would not listen to the voice of his Maker, but ate of that fruit which God had told him Sup port sur vive trans late trans pire trans port un bind un bolt un fold u nite un lace I un lade | un like un made un safe un seen un told up hold a bash a bet ab rupt a dapt a dopt a las a lert a mass a midst a venge a ver a vert ab sent ab surd ac cent ac cept ac quit ad dress ad just ad mit af firm af flict al lot an nex an nul as sess as sist at tack at tend at tract be gin be got be gun be held be long be reft ce ment com mand com mit com pact com pel com press con duct con fer con fess con sent con sist con suit con test con tract con vert con vict cor rupt de cant de coct de feet de fend de fer de pend de tect de test di gest di rect dis cuss dis gust dis miss dis sent dis til dis turb di vert di vest ef feet eject e mit en act Byerly r s bpeUuig-Hook. 31 not to touch; and for being thus wicked, God drove him out of this garden which he had given him, and so he became poor, and blind, and naked. God then told him he should! earn his 'bread by the work of his hands, and pass his days in sorrow and pain. But God afterwards sent his son Jesus Christ to save man from his fallen state, and that if he would now be good, he should jei be happy. En camp en rich e rect e vent ex eel ex pand ex pect ex pel ex pend ex pert ex press ex tent fo ment for bid for get ful fil gal lant im pel Ira plant im orint in cur in feet in fer in fest in suit in vent in vest la ment mo lest x ob ject oc cult oc cur of fend o mit op press per plex per vert pre diet pre fer pre vent pro fess pro tect pro test re bel re cant re fit re fleet re fresh regret re lax re mit re past re pent re turn re volt ro bust ro mance se dan se lect sub ject sub mit sub sist sub vert sue cess sup prest sur pass sus pect sus pend un bent un curl un cut un dress un fit un furl un gird un hurt un just un man un mask un pin un rig un spent un bred up cast up *held up lift u ,?urp well bred i %% byerlifs Spelling-Book. Birds fly in the air ; beasts walk on the ! ground ; snakes crawl on their bellies ; fish iswim in the water, by" means of fins. Some fowls swim on the water; these are called water fowls ; their toes are joined together by a thin skin, which like oars, or the fins of a fish, help them to swim. SECTION VII. Words of three syllables, accented on the first. ■Cni ci fix lu na tic tu te lar cru ei ty lu na cy tu tor age de cen cy no ta bis u ni corn di a dem no ta ry u ni form di a lect no ti fy u ni ty di a mond nu me ral vo cal ly di a per nu tri ment hh ba cy dra pe ry o ver plus ab di cate droll e ry pa rent age ab so lute du pli cate pli a ble ac ci dent du ra b\e po et ry ac co lent du ti ful pri ma cy ac cu rate flu en cy pri ma ry ac ri tude free hold er pu ri ty ac tu al i dol ize re gen cy ad a mant i ron y ru di ment ad mi ral la zi ness se ere cy ad vo cate li bra ry scru ti ny af fa hie like li hood sla ver y al co ran live li hood spite ful ly al pha bet lone li ness stu pi fy al ti tude Byerly^s Spelling-Book. The lion roars, the horse neighs, the cow lows, the sheep bleats, the hog squeals, the cock crows, the hen cackles, the turkey gob- bles, the goose hisses, the duck quacks, ihi cat mews, the mouse squeaks, the dog barks, the wolf howls, the frog croaks, the monkey chatters, and men, boys and girls talk. Am bi tude am i ty am pli tude a h i mal an i mate an ti dote ar ro gant at ti tude av o cate ban ish ment bar o net bar ris ter bat te ry ben e diet ben e fit big a my big ot ry but ter fly but ter milk cal a mus cal cu late cal en der cal i ber cal i co cab i net can di date can is ter can i bal can o py cap i tal cat a ract cav al ry cer ti fy chas ti ty cir cu late cin na mon clar i fy clas si cal cit i zen clem en cy cler gy man crit i cal cal pa b\e cul ti vate cur ren cy cus torn er cus to dy cyl in der dec o rate ded i cate dep u ty des o late des ti ny des ti tute det ri ment dif for ent dif fi dent dif fi cult dig ni fy dig ni ty dil i gent dim i ty diy i dend doc u ment drop si cal dul ci mer ec sta cy ed i fy ed i tor ed u cate ef fi gy el e gant el e gy el e ment el e vate ypemng-jjook* 1 34 Byerlfs jHow pleasant I feel at tlie end of the day, When I have no crimes to repent, But reflect on my time, and be able to say, That it has been properly spent. When my work I have done with patience and care, And been good and thankful and kind, I lay on my pillow, and sleep away there, With a happy and peaceable mind. Em bas sy eb o ny em bry o em er aid em i nent em per or em u late en e my en mi ty en ti ty ep i cure ep i gram es cu lent ev er green ev e ry ev i dent ex e cute fac to ry fac ul ty tal la cy fam i ly fed er al fel on y fer ven cy fes ti val fil a ment fir ma ment fin i cal fin is'h er fish e ry flat u lent gal ax y gal lant ly gal lant ry gar ri son gem i ni gen er al glut ton y grad u al grav i ty gun ne ry hap pi ness her aid ry hex a gon his to ry iff no rant im i tate im pie ment im pli cate im pu dent in ci dent in di gent in di go in dus try in fa my in fan cy in fant ry in fi del inn hold er in sti tute in stru ment in te ger in tel lect in ter est in ter val in ti mate joe u lar jollity jus ti fy Byerlfs Spelling-Book. 35 On Death. There is an hour when I must die, Nor do I know how soon 'twill come ; How many children young as I, Are call'd by death to hear their doom. Let me improve the hours I have, Before the day of grace is fled, There's no repentance in the grave, Nor pardon offer'd to the dead. Kil der kin lat i tude lav en der len i ty lep ro sy levity lex i con lib er al lib er ty lit er al log i cal lot te ry lus ti ly lux u ry mag ni fy mal a dy man i fest man i fold man u al piar i ner I i cal med i tate mel o dy mer ci ful mer cu ry mil li ner mim ic ry min er al min is ter mit i gate mod er ate mod es ty mod u late mon o dy mon u ment mor al ist mul ti ply mys te ry nat u ral nav i gate nig gard ly nom i nal nov el ty ob li gate oc cu py of fer ing or a tor par a h\e par a dox par al lei pas sen ger pass o ver ped an try ped i gree pen al ty pen du lum pen i tent pen te cost pen u ry pep per mint per ti nent pes ti lent pet u lant pit i ful plen i tude pop U 1 i\Y 36 Byerlijs Spelling-Book. Be not wise in thy own eyes, but humble. Put thy trust in the Lord, and thou shalt be safe. Let truth only proceed from thy mouth. Despise not the poor beeause of their pov- erty, but honour him who is honest and just. Envy not the rich, but be content with thy fortune. Maintain peace with all men, and let wis- dom direct thy steps. Por rin ger rev er ent suf fo cate pov er ty rev o cate sum ma ry pref er ence rib aid ry syl la ble prel a cy rid i cule tab u lar prob i iy riv u let tern, bo ral prod i gal rus ti cal ten den cy prop er ty sal i'vate ten e ment pros e cute sec ond ly ter ri prov en der sed i ment tes ta ment prov i dent sen su al tol er ate rad i ate sep a rate trag e dy rad i cal sig ni fy trag i cal rap id ly sim i lar trav el ler rar i fy sin gu lar trop i cal rat i fy sin is ter trum pet er rec ti fy slip pe ry tur bu lent rec to ry sol id ly tur pi tude reg is ter sol ven cy typ i fy reg u lar stim u late up per most regulate stratagem utterly rel e vant sub si dy ut ter most res i dent sud den ly van i ty Byerly's Spelling-Book 37 Ven e ry ver bal ly ver i fy ver i ty ver si fy ver ti cal vie to ry vil i fy viv i iy wil ful Iy yes ter day vin ci hie ar ma merit art ful ly car dir* al har bin ger bar mo ny mar gin al The Cape Buffalo. The Buffalo is a native of Africa, north of the Cape of Good Hope. The Buffalo is larger than a common ox- and much stronger. He is very fierce, and lies hid in the woods, and when people pass by, suddenly jumps on them and tramples them under his feet. They go in large droves, and wander about morn- ing and evening, and lie still in the heat of the day. His horns are crooked, and his eyes are sunk into his head. He always holds his head on one side, which makes him look very fierce. The flesh of the Buffalo is said to be very good food, and is much valued by the natives of Africa. 38 Byerltfs Spelling- Book. The Badger. The Badger is a native of Europe. Its length from nose to tail is two feet six inches, and its tail is about six inches long. It has small eyes and black legs. It's back and sides are of a dingy gray, mixed with black, and its legs and feet are very short and strong. It sleeps in its hole all day, and feeds only at night. SECTION VIII. Words of three A base ment ac cu ser ad he rent a gree ment a tone ment be hold en ca na ry co he rent com pi ler com pli ant con fine ment con vi val de base ment de co rum de fi ance de port ment di lu cid dis grace ful dis po usy all day long in making them honey. You had 1 3etter pay them fewer visits and try to be useful. phlegm smack wreck gnaw carve pinch sniff wrench laud charm pitch snuff wrist lawn daunt plump splint wrong maul farce plunge spunge yelp naught gaunt potfge spunk zinc pawn guard prance stamp hwe qua/m half prank sylph bald salt haunch ! prompt tench ba/k scald haunt purge touch broad spawl laugh purse tough ca/k spawn launch quack trance caught sought march realm trench chalk sta/k marl scalp trough crawl talk marsh scant trunk craw taught parch ! serge twist brought vault sa/ve serve verse daub warp scarf shall whelm drawl yawl scarp j shrug which false yawn shark since whig fault Irch taunt singe whim fawn arms yarn skiff whirl fraud ca/f bl6om slack whiz fraught ca/m boom slink witch gauze ca/ve doom Byerhjs Spelling-Book. 47 Nobody that is able to work should be idle. Learn something useful every day. When you read or speak, pronounce every word distinctly. Be kind and obliging to every body. Let all your amusements be innocent. , Never disagree with your playmates. fool goose hoot loof lose loose moor nook noose ooze poor room move prove root too whom wom6 b6rn corn fork form gorge b6ok foot hood stood took bbmb come done dove love monk shove won ton sir bird squirt quash wan want was wasp watch wharf what Mir trey sley prey weigh eigh weigh rem vem feign deign reign eight freight streight femt veil oi oy broil boil coy cloy choice coif foil groin join j°y moist oil point spoil soil voice noise on ow mow stout trout pout dou&t bout sour rout drown crown brown frown clown town house louse mouse douse browse spouse drowse crowd shroud bound hound round ground foul scowl growl bounce pounce flounce couch vouch gouge 48 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. The Elephant. The Elephant is seen from seven to fifteen feet high, and seems at first view to be scarcely alive. Its body is very large, and covered with a rough skin, without any hair. The eyes of this animal are very small, and it has very large ears which hang down by the side of its eyes. The Elephant has a long snout or trunk, which is hollow like a pipe, and has two nos- trils at the end like those of a hog. This trunk is capable of being moved in any direction, and it has a finger on the end with which it can pick up a pin, untie the knots of a rope, unlock a door, and even write with a pen. The following have the first sound of th, as in think. Bldwth forth both growth doth fauh heath ruth threw oath teeth theme quoth thane thrice Byerlifs Speliin (r-Book. 49 The farmer takes his wheat to the mill, and the miller grinds it into flour, and then it is baked into bread and biscuit, and so good children are fed. Corn is taken to the mill and ground into meal, and then ] nade into mush. Beans and peas grow in the garden; apples, pears, and peaches grow r on trees; turnips and beets grow in the ground, and nuts grow on trees. Thrive health thick thum& path throne frith think thump wrath throw length thong tilth thr&ugh throat cloth thrash thaw tooth thigh moth thread .thought n6rth thief froth threat* thrall thorn three depth thrift thwart third truth breadth thrill swarth thirst youth plinth throb warmth month breath smith throng bSth worth dearth strength thrum hath on oro death thank ,thrush hearth mouth earth theft thrust lath south The following have the second sound of th, viz. as in thou. Bkthe meethe seeth then though clothe these wreath thence breathe thee thy this they blithe thine than bdoth there lathe those that smooth ou loathe tithe them sooth thou _ j E 50 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. My son, hear the words of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck ; write them upon the table of thy heart. So shalt thou find favour and good-will in the sight of God and man. SECTION XL Words of two syllables, accented on the first. A ble bride well cy prus a ere bnef ly daz ly a pron bright en dam ty bea gle bright ness dae ry beard ed bru tal Am sy beard less buy er day break beast ly beat en bea ver beau ty bible bla zon blind ness child ish bol ster cho sen bow sprit clear ly brace let cleav er boat swain cli mate brave ly coarse ly bra zen co coa bride cake cro ny ear wig eas ter east ward ea sy eye ball eye brow ca blc dea con eye sight case merit deal ing fail ing cheap en deaf ness famt ing cheap ness dear ly fazr ly cheerful doleful famous child hood dream er fear ful drea ry fea ture dri ver fierce ly du el fierce ness du ty fla grant dy ing foe tus ea ger fore sight ea gle free stone ea glet fri da^ Byertys Spelling-Book. 51 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and depend not on thine own self. Be not wise in thine own eyes ; fear the Lord and depart from evil. Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thy increase. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Frightful ga ble gam ful game some gew gaw gla ring glean ing gno mon grace ful grea sy gnev ous g'/ile ful ha/I stone height en he ro high land high ly high way hind most hoarhound hoa ry hoarse ness holy home ward jail er game ster i tern juice less &na vish lay man lean ness light foot Ii ning li vre load stone lo cust lone some lu ere maid en mam mast mam sail mean ing mean ness mea zles me tre migh ty mi ser mot/Id er mould ing moid dy mourn ful most ly mu cous near ly neat ness nee die ne gro neu ter night mare ni tre ni trous no ble nose -gay no tice oat meal o dour pam ful paint er pamt ing pay ment peace ful pea cock pea hen pe tre phi al pi lot pi ous pi per pi rate plain ly plain ness play ful play house plead ing plei ads poach er po ker pole cat pole star port age posy V prais er pray er preach er priest hood 52 Byerlifs Spelling- Book. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a strangeiv and not thine own lips. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Open rebuke is better than secret love. Pro bate sera per queer ly screech owl qui et rai ment ram how scru pie sea port seam less ra^ ny sea son rare ly seed time read ing seiz ure reap er se quel rea son -se rum re gent shear er rifle rig-M ty- ro giiish sheep ish she kel side board ru by sight less rue ful si phon ru mour sa ble sky light slow ly sa bre sneak ing sail or sa vour snow drop sol dier say ing sei ence s.ri on speak er speed y spite ful sprint ly states man stew ard sti fle straight en stream er suit or ta ble tai lor taint less tame ly teach er teem less tight en ti gress ti tie trai tor trea son trea tise treat ment trea ty twee die twi light u sance u s&ge vam ly vi per vo cal wait er waste ful weak en wea ry wea se\ weav er wee vil wheel wright whole some wain scot wind ing wo ful wo ven wri ter year ly yeo man ab bess ab hey ab bot ab seess •Book. 53 Eyeries Spclli Happy is the man that findeth wisdom; for the ways of wisdom and virtue are all plea- sant, and lead to life and peace; but they that hate wisdom and truth, walk in the paths of darkness which lead to death. Therefore love wisdom and pursue the paths of virtue and peace, so shall glory and safety be thy reward. Ab sence ac cent ac rid al ley a/m ond al ocs am pie anch or an gle an gry an kle an swer ash es BBth ma ax is ax le bab ble baffle bat tie bel lows blem ish blockhead bios som blud geon bot tie breast plate brick kib* brin die bris ket bris tie brit tie buc kle bucTg et buffet bug bear bun die bus tie bux om buz zard cac kle cal lous cal low cam let cam phire can die cap tain cap tive car rot cat mint cat tie cen tre cer tain chim ney chis el chuc kle churl ish cir cle cir cuit cir cus clam our cock ney coc kle col lege col umn com ma com merce com plex con cord cot tage coun try cox com6 crac kle crev ice crib bage crim pie crip pie cro/ch et crum ble cudg el cur die dam sel dam son dan die dan druff dan gle dead ly des ert des pot debt or die tate dim pie dis mal dis taff.; dis tance dis trict dol phin E 2. 54 Byerlifs Spelling-Book. Make much of time while time you have, If you desire your souls to save; On swiftest wings it flies away, And will not for the monarch stay: Therefore the present hour improve, In deeds of mercy and of love ; Do good to all while here below, And God on you will good bestow. Don ble dread ful due tile dump ling dun geon dwell ing dwin die earl dom ear ly ear nest ec logue el hoiv em met em pi re em pty ■ en gine en en sign ter en trails ev er fam ine f\n far l cy ' VOID fel \ow fes the fie kle fi^/g et fiddle fol \0W frus trate fur lough fur nace fur YQIV gab ble gal lows gam ble gang way g/iast ly gib lets gin gle glan ders gob ble grand eur .grum ble gudg eon guilt, less gt/ilt y glim ea guz zle hac kle hack ney hag gle han die hand maid hand sel hand some ha/ch et head ache head y head land heav en heav y hedge hog he^f er hang man herh age hoi low hon est hon oxjly hud die km ble hys sop jan gle jeal ous im age in come injure in stance in ward joe und jog gle isth mus juc/g ment kin # dle kins man ki/ch en &nap sack knowl edge knuc kle Ian guor la/ch et lat ten lat tice lawgh ter lead en learn ing Byerlyh Spelling-Book. The fear of God will make thee wise, Through ail thy mortal life; It will keep thy heart from every vice, And keep thy hands from strife. The love of 'God will make thee love Thy brother and thy friend ; Will make thee seek for peace above, And joy that has no end. ■Leaven lee ture li quid li quor lock et lodg ing lunch eon his tre lus ty fore head for eign mag net mal low man gle mar r/age mar row mas tiff match less max im mead ow med die mel loio met tie mid die min gle mix ture mis chief mud die muf fie mum ble mun grel mus cle mus lin muz ^le myr tie ner vous net tl? nib ble nim ble nip pers nod die office ol ive pad die pen ance per feet phy? ic pic kle pirn pie pin cers pin Dace pleas ure pon der prat tie pi el ude prk en prom ise pros per pros trate pleas ant peas ant pup pet pur chase pur pose puz zh ' pyg m J quib ble quia sy rab ble ram ble ran co.ur rat tie read y ref uge rich es rid die run net sal ver san guine scaf fold seen ic seep tre scis sors scrib ble ser vice ser vile shab by shad oiv shal loiv sham bles ship wreck sic kle skim mer slug gard smug gler sntif iev$ 56 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. This life will soon be at an end; consider therefore how thy affairs stand as to the next. Man is here to-day, to-morrow he is gone. When he is out of sight he is soon forgotten Thou shouldst so order thyself in all thy thoughts and all thy actions, as if thou wert to die to-day. It is better to avoid sin than to fly from death. Sol ace sol emn spar row spec tre_ splut ter spec kle spun gy stag ger stead fast stead y stiffness stig ma stock ing strag gle strad die strict ly strin gent strong ly stum ble sulj tile sue cour suf frage sur feit sur geon swag ger sweat y syl Van sym bol symp torn tal ent tal low tally tan sy tempt er ten drill ter race tine ture top knot touchstone track less tran quil tran script trans port trav erse trea die treas ure trench er tres pass trib ute trig ger trim ming trol lop trou ble true kle turn bier tur key turn coat turn stile tur tie twen ty typ ic um brage urn pire up most up right val ley val ue vas sal vast ly yen gean.ee ven ture ver diet ver dure ver jmce ver tex ve ry vest ment ves- try ves ture vie ar vie tor viet uals vil lage vil lain vine yard vin tage vintner vir gin vir tue vis age vis it viv id Byerly\s bpelluig-Book. 57 When it is morning, think thou mayst die before night Many die suddenly, and when they look not for it ; for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of man cometh. When that last hour shall come, thou wilt have a very different opinion of thy whole life. Seek therefore so to live that you may not fear to die. Vol ume vom it vul ture wag gish waggle wax en weap on wher ry Willi lie whim per whirl pool whirl wind whis ker whis per wil der wil ful wil Iom; wim ble wim pic win dow win now wis dom wit ty wiz ard ^tfran gle wrap per wres tie wretch ed wrin Ids wrist band wrong ful yel low young ster zeal ot zeal ous zeph yr al most al so al ter aw burn aw dit aw ger aw gust aw tumn aw ful awk ward bald ness bal sam baw ble braw ny call ing cause less ca?/s tic craw fish dmigh ter draw back false hood fal ter fa wit less fawlt y ga?* dy hal ter law ful law yer nmigh ty pal sj pal try paw per quad rant salt er salt ness saw cer saw sage saw dust saw yer slough tef taw dry y taW iiy vatmt ful wal nut war ble war den ward robe war fare war like warm ing wa ter yawn ing ar hour arc tic ar gent ar £ue 5 :._ rin rejoice re tard iB ifo •ere by a 16of re cord a bouild oroad ap prove trans form a bout 1 ap plated ba boon a bove ac count i>1 you know i V Ip ; and he knt>y s to be i strong, i po? ,1/ le spouse ex pound redound pronounce re riounce un sound pro pound re sound un crown TION XIII. ous _ 'di a phragm ;t ism. en lo py lea s\ hie forci.b'lc fre quen cy fruit er er ill gi tiv6 fti-ri ous 1J 1 7 lUabks gree di-Iy griev ous ly: gro ce tj ho li ness jew el ler ju ni per ju ve nik. li on ess lu era live ■lu di crous / on the first lu mi nous 33 me ie or mu si cal -l foaTe ry ; night in g : n n mev ous o di ous o di .urn o pi.um o ver board o ver plus pa gan ism 68 Byer^s I U lejli) >g -Book. There are five states oi human life; infancy, childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The infant is helpless ; he is nourished with milk When he has teeth, he ^begins to eat bread, meat, and fruit, and is very fond of cakes and plums. The little boy chooses some play thing that will make a noise, a hammer, a stick, or a whip. The little girl loves her doll and learns to dress it. She chooses a closet for her baby-house, where she places her doll in a little chair, by the side of a table set out with tea-cups, as big as a thimble. Peace a ble pieu ri sy pre vi ous pri vate ly qui et ly qui e tude re al ize ri ot ous rheu ma tism ru in ous ru mi nate sa vo ry scru pu lous se ri ous su i cide su t a ble te.' ch a ble te di ous u ni verse use fill ness u su al u^u ry va ri ous wea ri some zo di ac ab la tive ab ro gate ab sti nence ad jec tive af flu ence af ter ward ag gra vate ag o nize al chym ist al ge bra am nes ty am or ous an a gram an a lyze an ces try an gu lar an i mate an o dyne an te lope an ti quate ap pe tite ap ti tude ar e fy ar ro gance at mos phere at tri bute av er age av e nue bank rupt cy bat tie door bat tie ment bel a mie bev er age bil let doux bias phe mous Bycrlifs Spelling-Book, 69 The farmer plows up the ground and raises wheat, rye, and corn ; the mason builds stone walls ; the carpenter works in wood, and builds houses; the joiner makes drawers, bureaus, and tables; the shoemaker makes shoes and boots ; the weaver weaves linen, muslin, calico, and cloth; the blacksmith works in iron, and makes horseshoes and chains; the whitesmith makes knives, forks, and razors. Bias phe my blun der buss brev i ty cal cu lous cal li pers cal um ny can die stick can on ize cap ri corn cap ti vate car a waj/ cas u al cat a comb cat a logue cat a ract cav i ty eel e brate cer tain ly chan ce ry char i ty cir cu lar cir cum spect civ il ize clam or ous cod i cil cog ni zance col lo quy col o ny com e dy com i cal com mon er com pe tent com pro mise con cu bine con fi dence con ic al con ju gal con ju gate con quer or con se crate con se quence con so nant con tra ry con stan cy con sti tute cor di al crit i eism crock e ry croc o dile del i cate del e gate dem o crat der o gate dil i gence dog ma tize el e gance el e phant el o quence em i nence em u lous en er gy en vi ous ; ep i logue ep i taph es ti mate ex eel lence 70' ByeHy\s Spelling-Book, The tailor makes clothes ; the tanner tans leather; the miller grinds wheat and corn; the printer prints books ; the potter makes pots and dishes ; the silversmith makes spoons, the nailer makes nails ; the painter paints houses and signs; the merchant sells sugar, and coi- fee, and tea, and salt, and silk, and calico, and cloth, and thread; and a great many other things. Powder- is made at a mill; shot is made out of lead. Ex e crate ex er cise ex i gence ex o dus ex pe dite ex pi ate fab u lous fallible flat ter y fret ful ness frol ic some gen e rate gen e sis gen tie ness gen u ine g&ast li ness glob u lar grad u ate gran a ry gratify grat i tude hanker rate haz ard ous heav i ness hem i sphere her mit age hes i tate hid e ous hon es ty hor ri bta Aos pi tal hus band man hyp o crite jeal ous y jeop ar dy jes sa mine im mi nent im pi ous im po tent in di cate in do lence in fa mous in no cence i^ v \ so lence lig a ment lib er tine list less ness lit ur gy log ger head Ion gi tude mack er el mag ni tude man ner ly man u script mas sa ere med i cine mid ship man met a phor min strel sy mis chiev ous mis ere ant mi? e ry V mit i gate mit ti mus mon ar chy mon i tor Byerly^s bpelh/ig-hook. I am the creature of the Lord, He made me by his powerful word, O may 1 love and serve him still, And form my actions by his will. Then he will bless me while I live, And when 1 die my soul receive, To dwell forever in his sight, In perfect knowledge and delight. Mor al ize mul ber ry mul ti tude musk mel on neg a tive neg li gence nom i nate nour ish ment nun ner y ob li gate ob lo quy ob sta c\e ob sti nate ob vi ate ob vi ous oc u lar op e rate op po site op u lence or i fice or i gin pal li ate pal pa ble par a dio-m par a dise par a graph par a phrase pat ron ise ped a gogwe pel i can per fi dy per ju ry per i wig per quis ite per se cute per son age pes ti lence pet ti coat phys i cal pil grim age pin na ele pleas an try pop u lous pos si ble preg nan cy pees i dent prev a lence prim i tive pris on er prob a bk prod i gy priv i lege prof li gate proph e cy pros ti tute prov i dence punc tu al pyr a mid ran cour ou rap tur ous rasp ber rj rec ti tude rel.a tive rem e dy ren o vate rep ro bate res i dence res i due\ res o lute ret i nue re tro spect rev e to 72 i hyerlifs Spelling-Book. Praise the Creator. Come let us praise God, for he is very great, let us bless him, for he is very good Let us praise him in the morning and evening. He made all things; the sun to rule the day, and the moon to shine by night. He made the great whale of the sea, and the little worm also tha«t crawls on the ground. Rev er ence rev er end rev e ry r/mp so dy rhet or ic rig or ous sac ri lege sal a ry sane ti fy as sa fras sat ur day scan dal ous scav en ger scrof u la sen si b\e sen ti ment ser a phim ser vi tude sev er al sis nal ize sim pic ton soph is try sor row; ful stac/t hold er stig ma tize stip u late stren u ous sub ju gate sub se quent sub stan tive sub til ty sump tu ous sup pie ment sur ro gate sus te nance syc o phant syl la ble syl lo gism sym me try sym pho ny syn a gogue sim i le syn co pe tan ta hze tap es try tel e graph tel e scope tern per ate tim or ous treach er ous treach e ry treas ur er trem u lous trou ble some tur pen tine tyr an ny ut ter ance veg e tate ven om ous vig i lance vin di cate vir tu ous wick ed ness wid ow er wil der ness &1 der man al ma nac fal si fy frawd u lent Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 73 Come let us praise God for his great mercy. The little birds sing praises to God when they warble sweetly in the green shade; and I will praise him also with my voice, and sing of all his wondrous works. When I am older I will praise him better; and will never forget God as long as life remains in me. Au di ble aw di tor aw gu ry hough ti ness lawd a ble plaws i ble ta/k a tive Sr den cy ar du ous ar gu ment ar mis tice ar se nal ar ti cle ar ti fice ar ma ment ar ti choke bar ba rous bar be cue car bun cle car pen ter charge a ble gar ni ture gwar di an har bin ger harm less ness harp si c^ord mar gin al mar jo ram mar tyr dom mar vel lous par ha ment par ti san part ner ship phar ma cy sar don yx fool ish ness fool e ry goose ber ry move a ble prove a ble cSr po ral cor po rate cor pu lent for mer ly for mu la for ni cate for ti fy for ti tude for tu nate gor man dize G horse rad ish mor tal ly mor ti fy or der ly or di nance or gan ist or na ment por cu pine porphyry tur pi tude book sel ler wood peck er butch e ry come li ness com pa ny con jur er cov e nant cov et ous gov ern ment gov ern or gov ern ess won der ful work man ship quad ru ped quad ru pie 74 Byerly's &peliing~Book. The kingdom of God is within you, saith the Lord. Turn thee with thy whole heart unto the Lord, and forsake this world, and thy soul shall find rest. Learn to despise outward things, and give thyself to that which is within, and thou shalt perceive the kingdom of God come unto thee. For he saith, if any man love me, he will keep my word, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. When thou hast Christ thou art rich, and he will suffice thee. He will be thy faithful helper in all things, so as thou shalt not need to trust in man. We ought not to put trust in man, frail and mortal as he is, though he be friendly and good; nor should we be grieved if he cross and oppose us. Put thy whole trust in God, let him be thy love ; he will answer for thee, and do in all things what is best. Qual i fy moi e ty coun ter foit qual i ty P°W nan c y coun ter pane quan ti ty roy al ist cow ar dice quar rel some roy al ty cow ard ly quar ter ly ^ 0Tr drow si ness wan der er bound a ry nouse hold er wan ton ly boun te ous moun tain ous oi oy boun ti ful moun te bank bois ter ous coun sel lor pow er ful loy al ty coun te nance show e ry Bycrly's Spelling-hook* The Elk. 75 The Elk is found in Asia, Europe, and America. It is about as large as a common horse, and has large horns with a number of branches flatted at the top. It is mild and gentle, and feeds on grass, and the bark and leaves of trees. The first sound of th, viz. as in thin. ap a thy ap o theo-m ep i thet cath o lie filth i ness lab y rinth leth ar gy A the ist a the ism faith ful ness nine ti eth the a tre the o rem the o rist km a ranth am e thyst The second sound of th, as in this. H£a then ism weath er cock m&th er less neth er most filth er less moth er ly hith er to fath er ly oth er wise pleth o ry sym pa thy thun der bolt au thor ize s6oth say er fdr ti eth or tho dox log a ri thins or tho gon meth o dist thir ti eth 76 Byerly's Spelling-Book. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out, and where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth. A man's pride shall bring him low, but God shall uphold the humble in spirit. By the blessing of the upright, the city shall be exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. SECTION VIII. Words of three A b£tte ment a chieve ment ad he sive ad ja cent ac quaznt ance af fi ance al li ance al lure ment al lu sive al migh ty a maze ment a muse ment ab do men ad he rent ap pear ance ap pra/s er ar rear age as sail ant syllables, accented on the second. a sy lum al le gro bias phe mer bra va do co he sive cour age ous de ceit ful de ceiv er de co rous de light ful de lu sive com po nent comport ment de si rous com po sure dif fu siv€ con ceal ment di plo ma con clu sive e gre gi'ous con du cive e lope ment con geal ment en clo sure con. sign ment encroachment con ta gion en force ment con ta gtous con tri vancc con troll er cor ro sive en lig-^t en ex cite ment ex clu sive i de a Byerlifs Speltirtg-Book. 77 Never sport Avith pain and distress in any of your amusements, nor treat even the mean- est worm or insect with wanton cruelty. When you see those w ho are poor or old, blind or lame, sick or in pain, do not despise them, or make game of them, but try to feel pity for them, and be thankful to your heav- enly Father for his care over you, and the many blessings you enjoy. II lu mine il lu she in clu sive in qui ry oc to ber op po nent op po ser out rage ous po lite ness pre cise ly pur su ant re deem er re fine ment re proach ful re sign ment re vi sal sal va tion se duce ment so no rous sub poe na sub seri ber su preme ly sur vi vor tor na do tor pe do un ea sy un e qual un fruft ful un kind ness un seem ly a bric/ge ment ah rupt ly ac com plish ac cus torn ad June live ad just ment ad mit tance ad van tage ac knowl edge ap pren tics as sas sin as sem bly as sess or as sist ance as trin gent at tach ment at tend ance at ten tive at trib-ute aw turn nal bal sam ic be gin ning bis sex tile com mit tee com pan ion com pul sive con cen trate con cur rence con jec ture , con tern plate con tent ment con tex ture con trib ute con vul sive de ben ture de crep it de fee the de fend ant de fen sive 78 Byerlxfs Spelling-Book. We see many children who are filthy, and ragged, and appear as though they had none to take care of them. There are many poor people in this land of plenty, whose houses do not shelter them from the storm; some have.neither fire nor rlothes enough to keep them warm, and many children are ragged and dirty, and cannot get shoes or stockings to wear all winter. De scrip tive de sert er de spond ence des pot ic de tach ment de ter mine dis burse ment dis cour age dis cred it dis fig ure dis Aon est dis how our dis junc tive dis pleas ure dis sem ble e clip tic ef fee tive ef ful gence el ix ir el lip sis el lip tic em bez zle em phat ic en chant ment in cul cate en cour age e ner vate en tan gle en vel op e pis tie ex ces sive ex cul pate ex pen sive ex pres sive ex tat ic ex ten sive ex ter nal ex tin guish ex trin sic ex cheq uer es cufch eon fa nat ic fan tas tick ho san na im per feet il lus trate in cen tive in den ture in de6t ed in fer nal in fringe ment in jus tice in sol vent in trep id in vec tive ma jes tic ma ter nal me an der me c/ian ic mis man age mis pris on mo las ses mo men tous of fen sive pa cif ic pe dan tic pneu mat ics pre sump tivff pro due tive Byerly's SpeUiug-Book. 79 The tables of many poor people are nearly bare, and the children are crying for bread, but there is none in the house to give them How kind are our parents and friends, who provide food and clothing for us, and how grateful ought we to be for their love and care ! In the days of youth, when health and plea- sure attend us, it is good for us to think of death, and frequently consider our latter end. Pro gres sive pro hib it pro lif ic pro phet ic re ful gehce re hear sal re luc tance re mit tance re pul sive re sem ble re sist less re spec tive re splen dent re spon dent re spon sive re ten tivc rheu mat ic stu pen dous sub jec live sub mis sive sub sul tive sub ver sive sue cess ful sue cess we sue cess or syn od ic syn op sis tri um phal un cer tain un com mon un fnend !y un man ly un pleas ant un ruf fie un self ish un skil ful what ev er de b&uch ment de fault er ex haust less un law ful com pSrt ment de part ment de par ture dis as ter en large ment in car nate re gard less un dawnt ed ac cou tre im prove ment ma noeu vre a b6r tive ab sor bent re cord er en dorse ment per form ance mis for tune free boot er ex tir pate en com pass re cov er un cov er oi oy en joy ment ou ov> en coun ter en dow ment es pous al 80 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. He that follows his pleasure instead of his business, shall in a little time have no business to follow. None but a wise man can employ leisure well ; and he that makes the best use of his time, has none to spare. To come but once into the world, and trifle away our right use of it, making that a burden which was given for a blessing, is really a folly. In the folloiving words, ti, ci, and si, sound like sh Ces sa tion ad he sion al lu sion com mo tion con clu sion con fu sion cor ro sion de vo tion ef fu sion ex plo sion fe ro cious fi du cial plan ta tion pro por tion ra pa cious re la tion sal va tion vi va cious vo ra cious ad mis sion ad li tion af fee tion af flic tion as cen sion as sump tion as per sion as ser tion a ver sion at ten tion col lee tion com mis sion e di tion ex cep tion ex pres sion in flic tion lo gi cian ob jec tion of fi cial per di tion po si tion phy si cian com pres sion pre emp tion ca pri cious pro fes sion con fes sion re demp tion con sump tion re flee tion con ven tion re ver sion con vie tion con ver sion de cep tion de scrip tion de ser tion dis tine tion sub iec tion sue ces sion sus pen sion sub ver sion sub stan tial of fi cious Byerly's Spelling-Book. 81 If you walk in the holv fear and love of God, it will instruct you to be dutiful to your parents, guardians and teachers ; and will tend io preserve you from strife, ill-will, speaking evil of others, and every other kind of bad conduct. If you live in this fear, it will regu- late every thought, w r ord and action. It will most effectually prevent you from ever telling a lie, or using your Maker's name in vain. It will preserve you from evil in this world, and prepare you for a state of never-ending hap- piness and joy, in that which is to come. SECTION XV. Words of three syllables r accented on the third. Ad ver tise in ter vene dis an nul dis ap pear in ter cept mas qwer ade in ter diet o ver flow? in ter rupt o ver grow in ter sect rep ar tee ap per tasn as cer tarn can non ade com mo dore con tra vene dis com mode ref u gee dis o blige un der go en gi neer en ter tarn en ve lop es ca lade in dis creet in ter change in ter fere in ter lace in ter line ac qui esce o ver whelm re col lect where up on dis re gard ap pre hend dis ap pr6ve co a lesce o ver come com pre hend con nois seur con de scend dis o bey con tra diet cor res pond dis al low coun ter mand dis a vow dis affect in de vout #2 ByerlyS Spelling-Book. On Industry. How doth the little busy bee, Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flow'r. How skilfully she builds her cell, How neat she spreads the wax, And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. SECTION XVI. Words of four syllables, accented on the first. A mi a h\e an swer a ble dil i gent ly ju di ca ture an ti mo ny dys en ter y lu mi na ry an nu al ly ef fi ca cy mo men ta ry ap pli ca b\e el e gan cy mu tu al ly ar ro gant ly el i gi ble nu ga to ry cat e go ry em i nent ly va ri ous ly cen sur a ble em is sa ry ab di ca tive cer e mo ny ep i lep sy ab so lute ly com pe ten cy es ti ma ble ac cu ra cy con fi dent ly ev i dent ly ac cu rate ly con quer a blc ex e era ble ac ri mo ny con se quent ly ex i gen cy ad mi ra ble con ti nen cy ex pli ca ble ad mi ral ty cred it a ble fig u ra tive ad ver sa ry dam age a ble gen er al ly al a bas ter del i ca cy grad u al ly al i mo ny des pi ca ble hab er dash er al le go ry dif fi cul ty jan i za ry am i ca ble dil a to ry ig no min y Eyeries Spelling-Book. 83 In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too, For satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or works, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That I may give, for every day. Some good account at last. Ig no rant ly per ti nen cy spir it u al im it a ble pet u Ian cy stat u a ry in ti mate ly plen ti ful ly sub lu na ry [in ti ma cy prac ti ca ble suffer a ble lap i da ry pref er a ble sump tu a ry leg is la tive prof it a ble tab er na cle lit er a ry prom is so ry tern per ate ly mar riage a ble prom on to ry tern po ra ry mat ri mo ny punc tu al ly ter ri to ry mem or a ble reg u lar ly tes ti mo ny mil i ta ry rep u ta ble tit u la ry mis er a ble res o lute ly tol er a ble mon as ter y rev er ent ly trans i to ry nee ro man cy rev o ca ble ul ti mate ly nom i na tive sal u ta ry ut ter a ble ob du ra cy sane tu a ry val u a ble oh sti na cy sec on da ry ven er a ble op er a tive sed en ta ry vir tu,bus ly op u len cy sem i na ry vol un ta ry or a to ry sep ar a ble vul ner a ble pap il la ry sin gu lar ly hxi di to ry pat ri mo ny sol i ta ry fraud u len cy per i win kle sov e rei^n ty ar bi tra ry t per se cu tor spec u la tive ar mil lar y 84 Byerhfs Spelling- Book. The Hare. The Hare is a small animal resembling a rabbit. It has large eyes placed backward s in its head, so that it can see almost behind it as it runs: and it has very large ears, which it can turn every way. Its hind legs are much longer than its fore legs. It has fiv* j toes on its fore feet, and only four on its hind feet. The Hare is very fearful ; it sleeps with its eyes open. It always feeds during the night, eating the most tender blades of grass while the dew is upon them. It also lives upon roots, leaves, fruit, and corn, and is very fond of pinks, parsley, and birch. The female has three or four young ones at a time. She suckles them about three weeks, and then leaves thep to take care of themselves. C6r di al ly for ni ca tor cor po ral ly for tu nate ly dor mi to ry hor ta to ry for mi da ble mor tu a ry for mu la ry or di na ry cov et a ble drom e da ry war rant a bl ? OU 0X0 boun te ous \y Byerlfs Spelling-Book. 8.j Since the days that are past are gone for- ever, and those that are to come may not come to thee : therefore, O man ! employ the present time without regretting the loss of that which is past,' or too much depending on that which is to come. This instant is thine ; the next is in the womb of futurity, and thou kno west not what it may bring forth. SECTION XVII. Words of four syllables \ accented on the second. A me na h\e con nu bi al in €ura h\e jab bre vi ate con ve ni ent in ge ni ous ab ste mi ous cor po re al in gre di ent ac cu niu late ere du li ty in ju ri ous a e ri al de ceiv a hit gram ma ri an a gree a h\e de plo ra b\e la bo ri ous al le vi ate de pre ci ate li bra ri an an m hi late de si ra ble lux u ri ance an te ri or ef flu vi urn ma te ri al ap pro pri ate e lu ci date ma tu ri ty ar mo ri al en co mi um me lo di ous as so ci ate ex cu s& Me me mo ri al bar ba ri an ex pe di ent ne fa ri ous cen so ri ous ex pe ri ence no to ri ous col le gi an har mo ni ous ob scu ri ty com mo di ous il lu -min ate ob se qui ous com pla cen cyim mu ni ty ob bun a bk con mV a ble im pe ri al pre ca ri coi? fu ta blc im pe ri ous pro pri e ty con gru i ty in ca pa Me sa lu bri ous ~H ~ ■""* "J 6 Bypfiys Spelling-Book. If thou sufferest not the allurements of for- tune to rob thee of justice, or temperance, or charity, or modesty, even riches themselves shall not make thee unhappy. Virtue is the race which God has set for man to run, and happiness the place which none can arrive at till he has finished his course, and received his crown in the man- sions of eternity. Sa lu.bri ty af fin i ty aus ter i ty spon ta ne ous am bas sa dor bar bar i ty sup port a ble am big u ous be at i tude sus tarn a ble an al o gy be nef i cence ter ra que ous an al y sis bi og ra phy trans paren cya nat o my bo tan i cal un blam a b\e a nom a ly ca lam i ty irx o ri ous a*non y mous ca lum ni ate va cu i ty an tag o nist ca pit u late ve ne re al an ti qui ty ca tas tro phe vie to ri ous a poc a lypse ce leb ri ty vo lu min ous a poc ry pha ce ler i ty va ri e ty a pol o gy cer tif i cate ab ddrn in al a pbs ta cy ci vil i ty ab surd i ty a pos tro phe co ag u late i cad e my ar tic u late co in ci dent ad minis ter ar til le ry col lat er al ad mis si b\e as cen den cy com this er ate al ver bi al as par a gus com mod i ty ad ver si ty as sid u ous com par i son ad ver ten cy as trol o gy com par a tive a dul ter ate as tron o my com pat i b\e n dul ter y at ten u ate com p^t i tor Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 87 1 From the creatures of God, let man learn wisdom, and apply to himself the instruction they give. Go to the desert, my son; observe the young stork of the wilderness; let him speak to thy heart ; he beareth on his wings his aged sire, ; he lodges him in safety, and supplieth him with food. Be grateful to thy father, for he gave thee life; and to thy mother, for she sustained thee. Com pul so ry de lib er ate e jac u late concomitancede lir i um e lab o rate con den si ty de moc ra cy e mer gen cy con fed er ate de pen den cyem phat i cal con grat u late de pop u late e nun ci ate con sid er ate de prav i ty e phem e ris con sol i date des pon den eye pis co pal con spic u ous de test a hie e pit o me con spir a cy dex ter i ty e quiv o cate con stit u ent di ag on al e rad i cate { con tig u ous di al y sis e ter ni ty Icon tin gen cy di am e ter e vac u ate i con tin u al dis pen sa ry e van ge list Icon trib u tor dis sat is fy e vap o rate Icon vex i ty dis sem i nate e ven tu al rco op er ate di ver si ty ex em pli fy I cor rupt i ble di vin i ty ex per i ment | cosmography do cil i ty ex pos tu late |de bil i tate dog mat i cal ex tern po re [■de fen si b\e due til i ty ex ten u ate jde fin i live e con o my ex trem i ty de gen er ate ef fee tu al fa cil i ty 88 Byerly's Spelling- Book. Hear the words of his mouth, for they are spoken for thy good; give ear to his advice; for it proceeds from love. Forget not thy helpless infancy,, nor the peevish temper of thy youth, and indulge the infirmities of thy aged parents ; assist and support them in the decline of life. So shall their hoary heads go down to the grave in peace ; and thy own children, in reverence to thy example, shall repay thy piety with filial love. Fa tal i ty fer til i ty fes tiv i ty fe cun di ty fi del i ty for mal i ty fru gal i ty ge og ra phy ge om e try gram mat ic al ha bit u al his tor ic al hos til i ty hu man i ty hu mid i ty hu mil i ty hy poc ri sy i den ti cal i den ti fy i dol a ter i dol a try jil lib er al il lit er ate il lus tri ous im men si ty , im pet u ous im pos si ble im preg na ble in ces sant ly in fal li b\e in fat u ate in grat i tude in hab i tant in sen si hie in sid i ous in sin u ate in tel li gence in tim i date in tox i cate in trin si cal in vid i ous in vin ci ble in vis i h\e las civ i ous le gal i ty Ion gev i ty mag nan imous mag net i cal ma jor i ty ma lev o lence ma lig ni ty me rid i an mi rac u kms mo bil i ty mo nop o ly mo not o ny mo ral i ty mor tal i ty na tiv i ty ne ces si ty neu-tral i ty no bil i ty ob li qui ty ob lit er at -3 par tic u lar pe nul ti ittate Byerhfs Spelling- Book. 89 If it be difficult to rule thy anger, it is wise to prevent it : avoid therefore all occasions of falling into wrath, or guard thyself against them when they occur. A mild answer to an angry man, like water cast upon-fire, abateth his heat ; and from an enemy, he shall become thy friend. Consider how few things are worthy of an- ger, and thou wilt wonder that any but fools should be wroth. Per pet u al re pub li can su prem a cy per pet u ate re pug nan cy sus pen so ry per plex i ty re spect a ble sy nod ic al per son i fy re spon si ble sy non y mous per spic u ous ro tun di ty taw tol o gy phan tas ti calschis-mat ic al te mer i ty phi lol o gy scur ril i ty tern pes tu ous phi los o phy se ren i ty *tor pid i ty po et ic al ser vi.l i ty ter res tri al po lit i cal sig nif i cant tu mul tu ous po lyg a my sim il i tude typ og ra phy pre die a ment sin cer i ty ty ran ni cal pre rog a tive so lem ni ty u bi qui ty pre sew a tive so lid i ty un man ner ly pro gen it or so phis ti cal un mer ci ful pro lix i ty ste nog ra phy un pop u lar pro pen si ty stig mat i cal ur ban i ty pro phet i cal stu pid i ty u til i ty pros per i ty sub lim i ty ver bal i ty prox im i ty sub mis sive ly vi cin i ty re flex i ble su per la tire vir gin i ty re frac to ry su pin i ty vo lup tu ous 90 Byerly\s Spelling-Book. The Hippopotamus. The Hippopotamus is a native of Africa. It is a very large animal. It is about eight feet high ; its body is very large, round, and clumsy. It has a thick head, a wide mouth, and small eye%£nd ears. It has very thick legs, and a short flat tail, which tapers to a point. Its body is thinly covered with hairs of a white colour, and its hide is very thick It swims in the water with great force, and feeds mostly on fish. It is an indolent animal, and seldom moves, unless forced by hunger. Yul gar i ty zo og ra phy zo ol o gy zo ot o mist zo ot o my de M//eh e ry un pla//s i ble Co par ce ny copartnershipdis cov e ry re mark a b\e ef front e ry buffoon e ry re cov e ry im prov a ble oi oy ac cord ing ly a void a h\e de form i ty em broid e ry im por tu nate dis loy al ty ac com pa ny al low a h\e hyerlys Spelling-Book. The Carp. 91 The Carp is a large fish. It is four feet in length, and weighs about twenty pounds. • ts form is thick, and it has a blue back, green sides, and a white belly. It is found in the waters of Europe and Persia: it lives in deep holes, under roots of trees, hollow banks, or beds of flags. It feeds on mud, worms, and insects. SECTION XVIII. Words of four syllables, accented on the third. An te ce dent com men ta tor me di a tor mis de mean or mod e ra tor sa cer do tal ac ci dent al ap pre hen sive ar o mat ic As tro log ic at mos pher ic com pre hen sive cal i man co cor res pond ent det ri ment al dis affect ed dis con tent ed dis con tin ue ef fer ves cence ef flo res r° t F 92 Byerly-s Spelling-Book. Children, you should love to read in the Bible, and to hear other people read in it. It was written by good men, and it is the best and most excellent of all books. In the Bible we read of the beginning of the world, and of Adam, who was the first man ; and that God placed him in a delightful gar- den filled with sweet flowers. There we read that man became very wicked, and sinned very much ; and that they were all drowned but Noah and his sons, who were good men and loved God. Fun da ment al per ad ven ture hor i zon tal re im burse ment man u fac ture rep re hen sive mem o ran dum ret ro spec tive om ni pres ence sys tern at ic or na ment al un as sist ed o ver bal ance u ni ver sal o ver bur den un der stand ing o ver whelm ing met a m&r phose Words in which ti, ci, and si, sound like sh. Ab di ca tion am bu la tion ab jii ra tion am pu ta tion ab ro ga tion an no ta tion ac cep ta tion ap pli ca tion ac cla ma tion ap pro ba tion ad mi ra tion ar bi tra tion ad u la tion awg men ta tion af fee ta tion cal cu la tion af fir ma tion cap ti va tion ag gra va tion com men da tion Bfevl^s £. YpeUi'igrhoi 93 j In the Bible we read of many £ood men who loved God, and whom he loved and' [blessed, such as Ab raham, fsaac, Jacob, and! 'Joseph, whom his bi ethren sold to the Esryp-I tians; and Moses, who led the children of Israel through the Red Sea. We also read of Samuel, David, and many others. There; also we read of the \ irgin Mary, and of Jesus j Christ, who never did any harm in his lite ; he was patient, gentle, and kind to all persons. Com mu ta tion in flam ma tion com pen sa tion in spi ra tion com pu ta tion in sti ga tion eon fir ma tion in sti tu tion dec la ra tion min is tra tion dec li na tion mod er a tion ded i ca tion nom i na tion dep re da tion per spi ca cious dim i nu tion pop u la tion dis so lu tion un du la tion ex e era tion ab o If tion fo men ta tion ac qui si tion grad u a tion ad sci ti tious grav i ta tion ad ven ti tious hes i ta tion ben e die tion im i ta tion ben e fac tion im pli ca tion cir cum cis ion in can ta tion cir cum spec tion in car na tion cir cum stan tial in ca pa cious com pre hen sion in di ca tion man u mis sion \\n dis; na tion ! • ' ■ ■ , , , .. su per scrip tion 94 lyyerh^s spelling- J l )bo h\ He went about doing good to the bodies and the souls of men. He was kind even to those who were unkind to him, and who treated ; him with scorn. He was mocked and spit upon by his enemies, yet he opened not his mouth, but said, Not my will, but thine, O God, be done. And when cruel men were about to kill him, and had nailed him to a cross, he prayed for them and said, -" Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." SECTION XIX. Words of five syllables, accented on the second. Com mii ni ca tive de pos it o ry ex pe di en cy har mo ni ous ly il lu mi na tive im me di ate ly in su per a b\e ad mon i to ry com mem o ra b\e com men da to ry com par a tive ly com pul sa to ry con com i tan cy con fed er a cy con serv a to ry con sid er a ble jeon tin u al ly eon trib u to ry *o tern po ra ry le fam a to ry le no'Ti i na i\ve i de rog a to ry dis tin guish a ble ef fern i na cy e lee tu a ry e ven tu al ly ex clam a to ry ex trav a gant ly gram mat i cal ly he red it a ry im mod er ate ly im pen e tra h\e im per ti nent ly im prac ti ca \Ae in ac cu ra cy in ap pli ca h\e in cen di a ry in com par a b\e in dis so lu ble in es ti ma h\e hycfly s Spelling-Book. The Parrot Fish. 95 The Parrot Fish is found in the waters of Ithe East and West Indies. It has a broad | bod j, and its tail is very parrow. Its back and sides are red, mixed with broad silver strides, which run from head to tail, and its b^lly is white. The Parrot Fish has small fins of a yellow colour, and it is covered over with broad thin scales, which are very loose In ex pli ca ble in ev it a ble in flam i.na to ry in im it a ble in suffer a ble in tel li gi ble in vol un ta ry ir reg u lar ly par tic u lar ly pre cip i tan cy pre dom i nan cy pre oe co pan cy pre par a to ry pre lim in a ry pro hib it o ry re pos it o ry re serv a to ry re sid u a ry re trib u ta ry vo cab u la ry tu nul f u a ry vo lup tu a ry dis cov er a b\e w\ con fort a bta 0U< iriif s Spelli: Blest is the man whose bowels move, And melt with pity to the poor; Whose soul with kind and tender love Feels what his fellow-men endure. His heart contrives for their relief More good th m his own hands ean do; He, m the time of general grief, Shall find the Lord hath feeling too. SECTION XX. Words of five syllables, accented on the third. 1 i mo m ous ac a dem i cal xm bi gu i ty an ti mo ni al cere mo ni ous con tin u i ty eon ti gu i ty con tra ri e ty lie ta to ri al in por tu ni ty \m pro pri e ty ir re tr ev a bk no to ri e ty op oor tu ni ty p >t ri mo ni al per pe tu i ty per spi cu i ty pres byte ri an pri mo gg ni al sen a to ri al su per flu i ty tes *i tr> hi tA af fa bil i ty al le gor i cal al pha bet i cal a ma bil i ty an a lyt i cal an a torn i cal an i mos i ty an "ni ver sa ry a pos tol i cal ap pre hen si ble ar gu men ta tive aro mat i cal as tro log i cal as tro nom i cal at mos pher i cal ca pa bil i ty Cds u is ti cal cat e gor i cal chro no log i cal cir cum am bi ent L>yerly\s Spelling-Book. 97 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Cir cum nav i gate com pre hen si ble con co ag u late con san guin i ty con tra die to ry cos mo graph i cal cred i bil i ty • cul pa bil i ty dem o crat i cal di a bol i cal di a met ri cal dis a bil i ty du ra bil i ty e co nom i cal el e men ta ry e nig mat i cal ep i dem i cal e qua nim i ty et y mol o gy e van gel i cal fal li bil i ty flam ma bil i ty flex i bil i ty gen e al o gy gen e ral i ty gen e ros i ty ge o met ri cal hos pi tal i ty hyp o crit i cal il le gal i ty il le git i mate im be cil i ty im mo ral i ty im mor tal i ty in a bil i ty in ad ver ten cy in hu man i ty in sig nif i cant in sta bil i ty irv tre pid i ty in tro due to ry ju ve nil i ty lex i cog ra pher mag nan im i ty met a phyy i rail met a phor i cal L 98 Byertys Spelling-Book. Consider, O man ! thou art formed for an endless duration; thy soul is immortal, and her existence is forever and ever. Though the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed from the places where they how stand ; though the world shall be con- sumed, and the ocean roll in flaming billows; yet thy soul shall remain the same. Though the light of heaven shall illumine the earth io more, the stars drop from the sky, and the moon be changed into blood, yet thy soul shall not be destroyed. Feed her not therefore with trifles, nor sell her to gain the world. Mutability possibility mu tu al i ty prin ci pal i ty pal pa bil i ty prob a bil i ty par a bol ic al prod i gal i ty par a dox ic al punc tu al i ty par al lei o gram pu ri tan i cal par a lyt ic al sat is fac to ry pe ri od ic al scru pu los i ty per son al i ty sen si bil i ty phi lo soph i cal sex a ges im al sin gu lar i ty sim i lar i ty tem po ral i ty syl lo gis ti cal tit u lar i ty sys tem at i cal pu sil Ian i mous tan gi bil i ty u ni ver si ty taw to log i cal phys i og no my tes ta men ta ry phys i ol o gy trig o nom e try pol y *y\ la ble sim i lar i ty pop u lar i ty u nan im i ty Byerltfs Spelling-Book. 99 The Golden Eagle, The Golden Eagle is one of the krgesi birds in the world; it is about three feet in\ length, and the extent of its wings is seven feet four inches. It is covered with brovji! feathers, and its bill is blue, ^nd its eyes ar^! of a hazel colour. It has very large claws tot hold its prey, and it is very fierce and strong. | Ft lives on birds, fawns, and calves, and the period of its life is about a hundred yeais Words in vMch ti, ci, and si, wound like sh Ab bre vi a tion fruc ti fi ca tion an ni hi la tion glo ri fi ca tion cir cum lo cu tion grat i fi ca tion con fed e ra tion in ter po la tion con grat u la tion per pet u a tion com mem o ra tion per am bu la tion cir cum val la tion pro nun ci a tion com mu ni ca tion re nun ci a tion cor rob o ra tion re gen er a tion de pre ci a tion sane ti fi ca tion ex pos tu la tion sub or di na ti o^ iOO Byerltfs Spelliitg-Book. The Condor. The Condor is a native of South America. It is a very large bird ; its wings measure tvelve feet four inches, from tip to tip. Its hili is about four inches long, and very thick. It is of a light brown colour. Its legs are black, covered with scales, and it has very lorg black claws. It is a very strong bird, and carries off sheep and calves, and even chil- d-3n, when left without any person to take Cire of them. SECTION XXI. Vordb of six syllables y accented on the fourth. Ai te di hi vi an in fal li bil i ty ency clo pe di a in con tro vert i \Ae ad iii ra bil i ty in flex i bil i ty a pol o get i cal in hos pi tal i ty im ma ta bil i ty in stru men tal i ty Impla ca bil i ty plen i po ten tia ry im prob a bil i ty pu si] Ian im i ty in com pre hen si b\e re flex i bil i ty «arMMTTirriii"in Byerljfs Spelling-Book. 101 SECTION XXII. Words promiscuously arranged. g and c soft. g hard. ' a cid crag gy piqwe i a gile clog gy cash ier di git dag ger an tique |fa cile dreg gy in trigwe fri gid dig ger fa tigwe ma gic dog ged der nier pi geon drug get ma chine pla cid gib bo us ma rine ri gid gid dy po lice si gil giz zard bom bar dier tra gic gir die bom ba mi vi gil gim let buc can ier a gi tate gig gle cap u chin de cim al gwin ea can non ier fla ge let jag ged cap a pie la cer ate jog ger car bi nier le gi ble nog gin cav a lier pa ci fy pig gin chev a lier pre ci pice stag ger cor de lier re ci pe scrag ged fi nan cier re gi cide sprig gy gren a dier re gi men swag ger mag a zine re gis ter tar get man da rine ma gis trate trig ger u^ti&p. pro ge ny twig gy mil lion spe ci fy wag gish on ion tra ge dy ku ger punc til io 102 ilyerly s SpeMing-Book. There is but one God, the author, the cre- ator, and governor of the world ; almighty, eternal, and invisible. To the one who is supreme, most wise* and beneficent, and to him alone, belong worship, adoration, and praise. He hath stretched forth the heavens withhis hands, he hath described with his finger the courses of the stars. He setteth bounds to the ocean that it cannot pass; andsaith unto the stormy Avinds, Be still. The providence of God is over all his works; he rules and directs with infinite wisdom. Wonderful is he in all his ways ; the man- ner of his knowledge is above thy conception. Pay, therefore, to his wisdom all knowledge and veneration; and bow down thyself in humble and submissive obedience to his su- preme direction. The high and the low, the rich and the poor, the wise and (lie ignorant, when the soul has shaken off the cumbrous shackles of this mortal life, shall equally receive, from the sentence of God, a just and everlasting retri- bution according to their works. O ! feav the Lord, therefore, all the days of thy life, and walk in the paths which he hath opened before thee. Let prudence admonish thee ; let justice guide thy hand, benevolence warm thy heart, and gratitude to heaven in- spire thee with devotion. These shall give thee happiness in thy present state, and bring thee to the mansions of eternal felicity in the paradise of God. Byerhfs Spelling-Book, 103 PART II. SECTION I. Proper Names of places, cities, rivers, mountains, &c. of one i yllable. Cain Jude Stone Chard Lynn Christ Leek Tweed Charles Mark Eve Lime Wales Dent March Giles Luke Ware Dutch Seth Grace Miles Alps Earl Tring Guy Neal Ann Elk Turk Hague Peak Bart France Welsh Hugh Pike Bath French York James Rome Berks George Fawn Jane Rose Bren Ham Paul Joan Ruth Bucks John Saul The Ostrich. \IM mi mm pga The ss^^^^ Mm g£ggSS*3^^_ Ostrich ii=i|Hfe^il3 is the largest of all birds. If is seven feet high from the top of the head tc the ground ; but from the back it is only four ; so that its head and neck are above three fe^. . lio Importance of Cleanliness. Do not be uncleanly, nor untidy, whether you be well, or ill. Keep your hands, and faces, and hair, and every part of your bodies quite clean; and your clothes neat, and in good order. It is very unpleasant to look at filthy peo- ple, or to be near them. Children who are kept cleanly and tidy, generally grow much stronger and healthier, and more cheerful and good humoured, than those who are seldom cleaned, and who wear very filthy, ragged clothes. Hun ter don Lim er ic Mid die town Hunt ing don Lit tie ton Mil lers town Hunt ing ton Liv er more Min i sink I ber vil/e Liv er pool M on ta gue In gra ham Lum ber ton Mor gan town In ver ness Mad i son Mor ris town Jef fer son Mai a bar Mor ris vil/e Jenk in town Mar o neck Mor de cm Jer e mie Man ches ter Naz a reth Jericho Mar ble head Nes co pec Ken sing ton Marl bo rough Nev er sink Kil ling ton Mar tins burg Nich o las Kings bu ry Mar ga ret Nor ridge woe Lam pe ter Mar ma duke Nor ri ton Lan cas ter Mech len burg~ North bo rough Lan sing burg Mer cers burg Not ting ham Leb a non Mer e dith Not to way Lex ing ton Mer ri on Or ange burg ib er ty Mid die sex Os na burg 116 Byerly 7 s Spelling-Book. Creation of Heaven and Earth. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good ; and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night And the evening and the morn- ing were the first day. Ot to was Ot ter creek Pac o let Pam ti co Pen die ton Pen ning ton Pen ne pack Pep per el Phil ips burg Pinck ney vil/e Prov i deuce Pur rys burg Quib b\e town Quin e baug Hens sa laer Ro ches ter Rock ing ham Ho gers vil/e Rot ter dam Rox bu ry Ruth er ford Sads bu ry Scar bo rough Sen e ca Shafts bu ry Sims bu ry Som er set Still wat er Ston ing ton Sud bu ry Sul li van Sun bu ry Sun der land Tar ry town Thorn bu ry Tin i cum Tyr ing ham Un der hill West min ster Wil liams burg Wil liams port WiLlis town Wil ming ton Win ches ter Win ni pec Al ba ny Bal ti more Falls ing ton Hal lo well Pau lus hook Nau ga.tuc Ta ney town Wal lings ford War min ster War ring ton Wash ing ton Wat er ford Bloom ing dale Wo meta dorf Wood bu ry hyerly's Spelling- hook. 117 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit- tree yielding fruit, after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth, and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God made two great lights : the great- er light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of hea- ven to give light upon the earth; and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good, SECTION V. Names of Persons, Places, &c. of three syllables, accented on the second. iVn co cus E sai as Mo he gan Bar ba does Eu phra tes O nei da Ba ha ma Ge ne va Os we go Ber mu da Gre na da Pal my ra Cam peach y Hen lo pen Ot se go Ca na ry Hon du ras Pa nu co Co do rus Long isl and Po to si Cro ne sus Lu cay a To ba go n u ma na Me thu en Tor tu gas Da ri us Mat thi as Ti o ga De fi ance Ma ho ny Sha mo kin Du anes burg Men do-za Wy o ming 118 Byerltfs Spelling-Book. The Peacock. 'T/w/r/Sfoi^ The Peacock is a very beautiful and ele- gant bird. Its head is adorned with twenty- four feathers, painted with green, mixed with gold ; the head, throat, neck and breast, are of a deep blue ; its wings are of a reddish brown. The Peacock has a very long tail or train, which is sometimes four feet and a half long, mixed with very bright and shining colours. The female lays five or six eggs, of a whitish colour, and sits about thirty days. Wa to ga , Ca rac cas King sess ing A ba co Co han sey Lo ren zo A run del Da mas cus Ly com ing A lep po Di an a Ly san der A quil a Do min go Ma cun gy A pol los Egg har bour Man hat tan Au gus ta Ha bak kuk Mar eel lus Au gus tus Ha van a Ma til da Ben had ad Kil ken ny Ma gel Ian Byerly^s Spelling- Booh \\$ The good and industrious Girl The good girl always minds what her father and mother say to her. She is not noisy, sul len, nor unmannerly, so that they like to have her with them, and to instruct her. She loves her book, and takes care to keep it clean and neat, so that it is never left lying about, or on the floor; nor does she let it get torn or curled at the corners. She often reads to her pa- rents, and takes care to mind her stops, and to read with a clear voice, so as to be heard dis- tinctly; she takes pains to understand what she reads, and she improves very much. Mi am i Pa tap sco Ter tul lus Mis sis ko Pa tux ent To hik on Mor gan za Pau tux et Tunk han noc Mount beth el Pris cil la U lys ses Mo roc co Pa mump ky Ur ban na Mount hoi ly Pas sump sic Venango Mount ver non Re bee ca Vi en na Musk ing um Ri van na Westhamp ton Nan tuck et Sag har bour West in dies Na than iel San dus ky Wis cas set New cas tie Sa tuck et Bos caw en New gar den She nan go Ca taw ba North amp ton Sa van nah Chick kau go New brit ain Se bas tian Corn wal lis New lon< don South amp ton Gib ral tar Oak fus ky Swa ta ra Tar pau lin Oak mul gy Syl ves ter Wa tau ga O was co Ta bus co Port roy al 12 / Byerltfs Spelling-Book, Whatever she is set about, or undertakes to do, she takes pains to do it well; for she thinks it best to attend to one thing at a time, till she gets it done ; and while she is doing one thing! not to be thi ;ki ±g about another. If she makes a mistake, or does any thing wrong, she is sorry for it, and tries to do better in future; and when she is told of a fault, she does not deny it, hut says she will do better, and try to avoid it another time. As she is desirous to improve, and grow wiser and better as she grows older, she is! willing to be told of her faults, and is thank- ful for good counsel. SECTION VI. Proper Names, &c. of three syllables, accented on the last. Bel vi dere Naz a rine Mack i naw Car ib bee New or leans Mon tre al Cher o kee Ten nes see Sen e gal Con dus keag Al be mark Kick a poo Con ga ree Froil te nac Mar cus hook Gen nes see Lan gue doc Sto ny brook Lon don grove Rock y ridge Mack in oy Por tu guese Chick a saw II li nois Byerltfs Spelling-Book. The Cuckoo. 121 The Cuckoo is a small bird, about the size of a pigeon. The head, neck, back, and wings, are of a dove colour; the breast and belly are white, crossed with lines of black; the legs are of a yellow colour, and the claws white. Its food consists of flesh and insects The female cuckoo lays but one egg at a time, which she lays in the nest of some other bird where it is hatched and fed until it is able to fly, which is when it is about three weeks old SECTION VII. Proper Names, &c. of four syllables, accented on the first. At tie bo rough Glas ten bu ry Bon a vis ta Jan i za ry Brat tie bo rough Mar ga rets \\\le Can ter bu ry Mid die bo rough Dar is bu ry Pep per el burg Fred er icks burg New bu ry port Fred er ick town Pe ters bo rough 122 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. The Moon. The moon shines to give us light in the night when the sun is set. She is very beau- tiful and white like silver, we may look at her always, for she is not so bright as to daz» zle our eyes, and she never scorches us, she lets even the little glow-worms shine, which are quite dark by day, the stars shine all around her, but she seems larger and brighter than the stars, and looks like a large pearl amongst a great many sparkling diamonds. When you are asleep she shines through your curtains with her gentle beams, and seems to say, sleep on, poor little tired boy, I will not disturb you. She shines when every thing around is still and silent. SECTION VIII. Proper Names, &c. of four syllables j accented on the second. A ca di a I du me a Ar me ni a Je ru sa lem A ra bi a La co ni a An to ni o Me thu se lah Au re li us Nor we gi an Ba ta vi a Ti be ri as ;Ce sa ri a Sem pro ni us E phe si ans Ve su vi us E ze ki el An nap o lis Fran co ni a A mer i ea He ro di as A hith o phel Her cu le an Bar thol o mew I co ni urn Beth ab a ra Byerhfs Spelling-Book. The Woodpecker. 123 The Woodpecker is about the size of the jay. The throat, breast and belly are of a pale greenish colour, and the back and wings are green; the head is covered with feathers of a deep red; its bill is long and very thick. Its tongue is three or four inches long. The wood- pecker pecks holes in dead trees that are de- cayed, and there lays its eggs and brings forth its young. It lives on small insects. Co col i co Co lum bi a Cor dil le ras Con nee ti cut De cap o lis De mos the nes Di og e nes E liz a beth Es cam bi a Eu roc ly don lm man u el Je hosh a phat Kas kas ki a Ma con nels burg Ma mar o neck Ma noc qua cy Mont gom e ry Ne sham o ny Ni ag a ra North urn ber land On ta ri o O nes i mus Eyeries Spelling-Book. Many things that are used in this country come from other places. Figs and raisins, oranges and lemons, come from Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Nutmegs, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, and other spices come from the East Indies. Tea grows in China ; coffee in Turkey and the West Indies ; prunes and olives grow in France and Spain. SECTION IX. Proper JYames* &c. of four syllables, accented on the third. Al le ga ny Mor ris se na Ad o ni jah Nic a ra gwa An a ni as Nic o de mus Bar ce lo na No va sco tia Car tha ge na O ro no ko Car o li na Pen sa co la Chim bo ra zo Per ki o men Con es to ga Re ho bo am Co pen ha gen Sar a to ga Dal ma nu tha Sax a pa haw Dem a ra ra Stat en isl and Des e a da The o dor ic Eb e ne zer The o do sia El e a zar Tus ca ro ra Es se qui bo Win ne ba go Hez e ki ah Wy a lus ing Jer e mi ah Zed e ki ah Jer o bo am Al a ba ma Mag d^- le na Am o nos sue Mem fre ma gog Al e*x an der ByerhPs Spelling-Book. 125 The admntage of early Religion. 'Tis easy work if we begin To fear the Lord betimes ; While sinners who grow old in sin, Are hardened in their crimes. 'Twill save us from a thousand snares To mind religion young; It will preserve our following years, And make our virtues strong. Let the sweet works of prayer and praise Employ our youthful breath ; Thus we're prepar'd for length of days, Or fit for early death. An ti cos ti Ap po mat tox Ar is tar chus Ar ta xer xes Bel te shaz zar Can on dar qwa Cat a wis sa Chil i coth e Chris ti an a Cin cin na ti Dom i nic o Fer di nan do In di an a Ju ni at a Let ter ken ny Lit tie comp ton Lit tie brit ain Lon don der ry Mad a gas car Mas sa chus etts Mar ga ret ta Ma ri et ta Mis sis sip pi Mo hon ton go Moy a men sing Nar ra gan set Nock a mix on Oc ta ra ro Po ca hon tas Por to bel lo Port to bac co Rap pa han nock Sus que han na Tap pa han noc Tul pe hock en Tu ne sas sah U na dil la Wil li man tic TI — — — — — 126 Byerhfs Spc!!ing-B<&pk, Pity As blossoms and flowers are strewed upon the earth by the hand of spring, as the kind- ness of summer produces in perfection the bounties of harvest; so the smiles of pity shed blessings on the children of misfortune. He who pities another, recommends him- self; but he who is without compassion de- serves it. not. Shut not thine ear therefore against the cries of the poor ; neither harden thy heart against the calamities of the innocent. SECTION X. Proper Names, &c. of five syllables, accented on the third. Am a zo ni a Ap a lach i an Cal e do ni a Ap po quin i mink Can i co de a - Ar chi pel a go E thi o pi a Ar is tob u lus Lith u a ni a Chick a horn i ny Ma gel la ni a Den ter on o my Pat a go ni a Gal li op o lis Peon syl va ni a Kis ke man i tas Pitt syl va ni a Mag e gad a vie Spot syl va ni a Neb u zar a dan Trail- -syl va ni a O ne siph o rus A bys sin i a Par i mar i bo Ag a men ti cus Phil a del phi a Al ex an dri a Pat a wat o mies \ Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 127 Advice to Youth. Children obey your parents, and give them honour, that your days may be long in the land. Be diligent at your learning, and en- deavour to improve, and not spend your time in idleness and folly. Be kind to your play- mates and friends, and do not hurt nor grieve them by words or actions. Endeavour always to do good, and to fly from evil, and ever pre- serve a just sense of right and wrong. But above all, remember your Creator, the God who made you, in the days of your youth, and he will bless you when you come to be old. Always do good and shun evil, and you shall have a good name and be happy while you live, and when you die and leave this world, you shall enjoy eternal and never- ending happiness in the paradise of God. SECTION XL Proper Names, &c. of Jive syllables, accented on the fourth. Can a jo liar ry Kish a co quil las Can a se ra ga Mo non ga he la Can e de ra go- Neb u chad nez zar Cob bes e con ty Om pom pa noo sue Co hon go ron to Pas sa ma quod dy Dam a ris cot ta Pern i ge was set E pam i non das Stir min ster new ton His pan i o la Ti con de ro ga 128 Byerhfs Spelling' Book. FIGURES AND NUMBERS. 1 I one 40 XL forty 2 II two 45 XLV forty-five 3 III three 50 L fifty 4 IV four 55 LV fifty-five 5 V five 60 LX sixty 6 VI six 65 LXV sixty-five 7 VII seven 70 LXX seventy 8 VIII eight 75 LXXV seventy-five - 9 IX nine 80 LXXX eighty 10 X ten 85 LXXXV eighty-five 11 XI eleven 90 XC ninety 12 XII twelve 95 XCV ninety-five • 13 XIII thirteen 100 C one hundred 14 XIV fourteen 200 cc two hundred 15 XV fifteen 300 ccc three hundred 16 XVI sixteen 400 cccc four hundred 17 XVII seventeen 500 D five hundred 18 XVIII eighteen 600 DC six hundred 19 XIX . nineteen 700 DCC seven hundred 20 XX twenty 800 DCCC eight hundred 25 XXV twent) r -five 900 DCCCC nine hundred 30 XXX thirty 1000 M one thousand 35 XXXV thirty-five 1822 MDCCCXXII one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. STOPS AND MARKS. A Comma is marked thus , Semicolon ; Colon : Period Note of Interrogation ? • Note of Admiration 1 Apostrophe Hyphen Dash — Parenthesis ( ) Byerljfs Spelling-Book. Iz9 t^canaacro/it. a u o a 6 /a no? n Cm n o /i a r 4 t a v 130 Byerltfs Spellings Book. Our vedt /rcenad are tnode wno teto ud o/ our /auctdj and teacn uo now to correct tnem. itror uou nod cove, nod nearly nod arce/d were aoven, KSbna act nod derooud tnouantd na& veal en neaven. *£e even a nonco looAj o/ten aj$orad comfort to tne a£ uociect. tovery> aedore of tne neartj every decret tnauant, cd nnown to nom wno maae ud. Byerltfs SSpelling-book. 131 ABBREVIATIONS. i A. A. S. Fellow of the American Md. Maryland Academy Me. Maine A. B. or B. A. Bachelor of Arts Messrs. Gentlemen A. D. In the year of our Lord Mis. Missouri Ala. Alabama Mr. Master or Misted A. M. Master of Arts, or Before Mrs. Mistress noon M . S. Manuscript B. D. Bachelor of Divinity N. B. Take particular notice C. or cent, a hundred N. C. North Carolina Capt. Captain N. H. New Hampshire Col. Colonel N. J. New Jersey Co. Company Nov. November Conn. Connecticut No. Number Cr. Credit N. S. New Stile Cwt. Hundred weight N. Y. New- York D. C. District of Columbia Oct. October D. D. Doctor of Divinity Oh. Ohio Dr. Doctor, or Debtor O. S. Old Stile Dec. December Pa. Pennsylvania Del. Delaware Percent. By the hundred Dep. Deputy P. M. Afternoon Do. or Ditto, the same P. S. Postscript Esq. Esquire Rev. Reverend Feb. February R. I. Rhode Island F. R. S. Fellow of the Royal S.C. South Carolina Society S. South and Shilling Geo. George, or Georgia Sept. September Hund. Hundred St. Saint Ibid, in the same place S.-T. D. Doctor of Divinity i. e. that is ss. To wit, namely 11. Illinois Tenn. Tennessee Ind. Indiana Va. Virginia Jan. January Vt. Vermont Ky. Kentucky V. or Vide, See L. Lord, or Lady Viz. To wit, namely Lieut. Lieutenant Wm. William L. L. D. Doctor of Laws U. S. United States Lou. Lousiana U. S. A. United States of Amer- L. S. the place of the seal ica Mass. Massachusetts &. and M. B. Bachelor of Physic &c. andsaforth M. D. Doctor of Physic 132 Uyerlys Spelling-hook. EXPLANATION Of Pauses and other Characters used in writing. The Comma (-,) represents the shortest pause; the Semi- colon ( ; ) a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon ( : ) double that of the Semicolon ; the Period ( . ) double that of the Colon. A Note of Interrogation ( ? ) is used to show when a question is asked, as, Whom did you see ? A Note of Exclamation (!) is a mark of wonder, surprise, or grief, as, Alas! how little do they know the danger that awaits them ! A Parenthesis ( ) includes a part of a sentence which is not necessary to make sense, and should be read quicker, and in a weaker tone of voice. Brackets [-] include words that serve to explain a foregoing word or sentence. A Hyphen ( - ) is used to join words or syllables, as, ink-pot. An Apostrophe ( ' ) shows when a letter is omitted, as, us'd for used. A Caret ( a ) shows when a word or number of words are strive omitted through mistake, as, Man should to be good. A A Quotation (" " ) includes a passage taken from some other author, in his own words, as, " The proper study of mankind is man." The Index (GCF) points to some remarkable passage. An Asterisk and other references (*ft§li^) point to a note in the margin or bottom of the page. OF CAPITAL LETTERS. Every sentence should begin with a Capital Letter ; also every line in Poetry. Proper names of Persons, Places, Rivers, Mountains, Lakes, &c. should bearin with a capital : also the names of the Supreme Being, as, God, Jehovah, &c. Adjectives derived from proper names of places, as, Grecian, Roman, English, &c. The pronoun J, and interjection O, should always be written in capital letters. Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 133 SECTION XII. Words alike in sound, but different in spelling and signiji cation. A bel, a man's name Bare, naked A bie, having- power or capacity Bear, a beast Ac ci dence, grammar rules Bear, to suffer Ac ci dents, chances Base, vile Ac count, to give an account Bass, in music Ac compt, reckoning- Be, to exist Ail, to be sick Bee, an insect Ale, malt drink Beach, a shore Air, an element Beech, a tree Heir, to an estate Bean, a sort of pulse All, every one Been, have been Awl, to make a hole Beat, to strike | A loud, with a great noise Beet, a garden root A! low ed, granted Beau, a man of dress Al tar, for sacrifice Bow, to bend Ai ter, to change Beer, malt drink An, an article , Bier, to carry the dead Ann, a woman's name Bell, a sounding body of Ant, a pismire metal Aunt, uncle's wife Belte, a gay young lady An chor, of a ship Blew, did blow I An ker, of brandy Blue, a colour Arc, part of a circle Bloat, to swell Ark, a ship Blote, to smoke As cent, going up Boar, a beast As sent, to agree Bore, to make a hole Au ger, a carpenter's tool Board, a plank Au gur, a soothsayer Bor'd, did bore A vail, benefit Boy, a male child A vale, to depress Buoy, to bear up Ba con, swine's flesh Break, to part asunder Ba ken, in an oven Brake, an instrument to Bail, surety given dress flax Bale, a bundle of goods Bread, to eat Bait, on a fish-hook Bred, brought up Bate, to take less IBreach es, broken places Baize, coarse cloth Breech es, to wear Bays, bay trees Bom6, a hollow shot Bald, without hair Bum, the breech Bur, a rough head of a j plant I Bawl'd, cried aloud Ball, a roup 1 thing Bawl, to cry aloud Burr, the lap of the ear ft ""■'■ '"^* — ' ! """""""""" . — ' — ' ■' . "1 '■ . 1— 134 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. Bor ough, a town corporate Ci on, a young twig Bur row, for rabbits Si on, a mountain Ber ry, a fruit Cite, to summon Bu ry, to lay in the grave Sight, seeing But, a conjunction Site, situation Butt, two hogsheads Clause, of a sentence Buy, to purchase Claws, of a bird or beast By, hear Clim5, to clamber up Call, to cry out Clime, a tract of earth Caul, a membrane Close, to shut up Can, to be able Clothes, garments Cann, a cup Coarse, not fine Cane, a long stick Course, race, order, way Cain, a man's name Coit, to play with Can non, a large gun Kite, a bird of prey Can on, a rule Com pie ment, full number Cask, a barrel Com pli ment, civility Casque, a helmet Con fi dence, impudence ; Catch, to lay hold of Con fi dents, trusty friends Ketch, a large ship Coun cil, an assembly. Ceiling, of a room Coun sel, to advise Seal ing, setting of a seal Cous in, a relation Cell, a hut Coz en, to cheat Sell, to dispose of Crews, ships' companies Cel lar, the lowest room Cruise, to sail up and down Sell er, one that sells Creek, of the sea, also to make Cen ser, for incense a noise Cen sor, a reformer Crick, a pain in the neck Cent, an American coin Cur rant, a small fruit Sent, did send Cur rent, passable Scent, smell Cou ri er, a messenger Cen tau ry, an herb Cur ri er, a dresser of leather Cen tu ry, a hundred years Crew el, worsted Sen try, a guard Cru el, fierce, barbarous Ces sion, a retreat Cyg net, a young swan Ses sion, assizes Sig net, a seal Chas'd, pursued Cy press, a tree Chaste, virtuous Cy prus, a thin black stuff Choir, a band of singers Dam, to stop water Quire, of paper Damn, to condemn Choi er, wrath Dear, costly Col lar, for the neck Deer, a wild beast Chord, in music Dew, that falls Cord, a small rope Due, owing Chron i cal, relating to time De pend ence, relying on Chron i cle, a history De pend ents, hangers on Cin gle, girth for a horse Doe, a she deer Sin gle, not double Dough, paste Cinque, five East, a point of the compass Sink, to go down Yeast, of beer or ale Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 135 Emerge, to rise from obscurity Immerge, to put under water Ere, before Ear, to hear with Fain, gladly Fane, a temple Feign, to dissemble Faint, weary Feint, a false march Fair, comely Fare, food Feat, an exploit Feet, our feet Fel Ion, a whitlow Fel on, a criminal Feod, a fee, tenure Feud, contention Fir, kind of tree Fur, of wild beasts Flea, an insect Flee, to run Flour, for bread Flow er, of the field File, of steel Foil, to overcome Forth, abroad Fourth, in number Flew, did fly Flue, soft down Fran ces, a woman's name Fran cis, a man's name Fowl, a bird Foul, filthy Ga bel, a tax on salt Ga ble, the sloping roof of a house Gait, manner of walking Gate, a kind of door Gage, a pledge Ga^ge, a measure Ge ni us, a peculiar mental power Ge nus, a particular class of things Gilt, with gold * Guilt, sin Glaire, the white of an egg Glare, to dazzle Grate, for coals Great, large Gra ter, for nutmeg Great er, larger Grease, nasty fat Greece, a country Groan, to sigh Grown, increased Hail, that falls, also to salute Hale, sound, healthy Hair, of the head Hare, an animal Hart, a beast Heart, the seat of life Hali, a large room Haul, to pull Heal, to cure Heel, of the shoe or foot He'll, he will Hear, to hearken Here, in this place Hew, to cut Hue, colour Hugh, a man's name Hie, to hasten High, lofty Hign er, more high Hire, for wages Him, that man Hymn, a sacred song Hoar, gray with age Whore, a prostitute Ho ! an interjection Hoe, a garden tool Hole, a cavity Whole, not broken I, myself Eye, organ of sight I die, la zy I dol, an image I'll, I will Isle, an island In, within Inn, a tavern In dite, to compose In diet, to impeach In no cence, harmlessness In no cents, babes Jew ry, Judea Ju ry, men who try causes Kill, to murder Kilw, for bricks 136 Byerlys Spelling-Book. Knave, a rogue Nave, of a wheel Knead, to work dough Need, to want Knew, did know New, not old Knight, a title of honour Night, darkness Knit, to knit stockings Nit, the egg of a louse Know, to understand No, not so Knows, he knoweth Nose, of the face Lade, to dip up Laid, placed Lacks, doth lack Lax, loose Lain, did lie Lane, a narrow passage Leaf, of a tree Lief, permission Leak, to run out Leek, a pot herb Led, did lead Lead, heavy metal Les sen, to make less Les son, a reading Let tice, a woman's name Let tuce, a plant Lev ee, attendance at court Lev y, to lay taxes Li ar, a false story teller Li er, one that lies down Lyre, a harp Lim6, a member Limra, to paint Lo ! behold Low, humble Loan, any thing lent Lone, solitary Loom, a weaver's machine Loam, a kind of earth Made, finished Maid, an unmarried woman Mail, armour Male, the he kind Main, chief thing Mane, of a horse Maize, Indian corn Maze, a labyrinth Mali, a wooden hammer Maul, to beat Man ner, custom Man or, lordship Mare, a female horse May or, of a town Mar shal, an officer Mar tial, warlike Mar tin, a man's name Mar ten, a bird Mean, of small value Mien, behaviour Meat, flesh Meet, to come together Mete, to measure Med lar, a tree Med dler, a busybody Mes sage, an errand Mes suage, a house and land Met al, gold, silver, &c. Met tie, briskness Mews, cries of a cat Muse, to think Might, power Mite, an insect Mi ner, a worker in mines Mi nor, one under age Moan, to lament Mown, cut down Moat, a ditch Mote, a small particle More, in number Mow er, one that mows Mum, an interjection Mumm, to mask Naught, bad Nought, nothing Nay, no Neigh, the voice of a horse None, not any Nun, a religious woman Oar, an instrument O'er, over Ore, uncast metal Oh! alas Owe, to be indebted One, in number Won, did win Our % of us Byerly*s Spelling-Book. 137 Flour, sixty minutes Pre ce dent, an example Pail, a vessel Pres i dent, a governor Pale, white Pres ence, a being present Pain, torment Pres ents, gifts Pane, a square of glass Prin ci pal, chief Pair, a couple Prin ci pie, the first cause Pare, to cut off Prof it, advantage Pear, a fruit Proph et, a foreteller Pal ate, taste, relish Proph e c} r , a prediction Pal let, a little bed Proph e sy, to foretell Pall, a funeral cloth Quean, a filthy woman Paul, a man's name Queen, a king's wife Pan el, part of a door Race, running Pan nel, a kind of saddle Rase, to blot out Pa tience, mildness Rad ish, a root Pa tients, sick people Red dish, somewhat red Pause, a stop Rag, a tatter Paws, of a beast "vVrag, a sort of stone Peace, quietness Rain, water Piece, a part Reign, to rule Peal, upon the bells Rein, of a bridle Peel, to strip off Raise, to lift up Peer, a nobleman Rays, sun-beams Pier, the column or support Rap, to strike smartly of an arch Wrap, to fold together Pen i tence, repentance Rare, seldom, also somewhat Pen i tents, persons sorrowful raw for sin Rear, to erect Pick, to choose Ra zor, a tool to shave with Pique, a grudge Rais er, one that raises Place, to set in order Read, to peruse | Plaice, a flat fish Reed, a shrub Plain, manifest Red, a colour Plane, a carpenter's tool Read, did read Plait, a fold in a garment Rest, ease Plate, silver Wrest, to force Pleas, courts of law Retch, to vomit Please, to gratify Wretch, a worthless person Plumb, jDerpendicular Rheum, spittle Plum, a fruit Room, a chamber Pole, a long stick Rhyme, verse Poll, the head Rime, a freezing mist Pore, of the skin Rye, sort of grain Wry, crooked Pour, as water Prac tice, exercise Rig ger, one that rigs Prae tise, to exercise Rig or, severity Praise, commendation Ring, a circle Prays, he prayeth Wring, to twist Pray, to beseech Right, just and true * Prey, a booty Rite, a ceremony M 2 138 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. Wright, a workman So, thus Write, with a pen Sow, to scatter seed Rhode, an island Sew, with a needle Road, the highway Soar, to mount upwards Rode, did ride Sore, an ulcer Rowed, did row Sow er, that sows Roe, a deer Sole, of the foot Row, a rank Soul, spirit Rood, fourth part of an acre Some, a part Rude, impudent Sum, the whole Rote, by heart Son, a man child Wrote, did write Sun, the source of light Rough, not smooth Stair, a step RufF, a neckcloth Stare, to look earnestly Rung, did wring Steal, to pilfer Wrung, twisted Steel, hard iron Sail, of a ship Stile, for a passage Sale, selling Style, for writing Sa tire, keen language Straight, not crooked Sa tyr, a silvan god Strait, narrow passage Scene, an appearance Sue cour, help Seen, beheld Suck er, a twig \ Seine, a fish-net Sur cle, a shoot | Scil ly, an island Cir cle, a ring 1 Sil ly, foolish Tail, the end Seas, great waters Tale, a story Sees, seeth Tare, weight allowed Seize, to lay hold of Tear, to rend in pieces Sea, the ocean Tacks, small nails See, to behold Tax, a rate Seam, made with a needle Team, of horses Seem, to pretend Teem, to pour out Sear, to burn 1 ear, water from the eye Seer, a prophet ' Tier, a row, or set of things Seign ior, a lord The, an article Se ni or, elder Thee, thyself Shear, to clip Their, of them Sheer, to go off There, in that place Shire, a county Threw, did throw Sine, aline Through, by means of Sign, a token Throne, a seat of state Slay, to kill Thrown, cast Sley, to part or twist into Thyme, an herb threads Time, duration Sleight, dexterity Toe, of the foot Slight, to despise » Tow, of hemp or flax Sloe, a fruit Too, likewise Slow, tardy Two, a couple Soared, did soar ToM', as a tale Sword, a weapon Tolled, as a bell Byerly's Spelling- Book. 139 Tole, to allure by degrees Toll, duty on bridges Trea ties, agreements Trea tise, a discourse Vail, to let fall in token of res- pect Vale, a valley } Veil, a covering Vain, useless Vane, to show the course of the wind Vein, of the blood Vice, wickedness Vise, a screw Waist, the middle Waste, to spend Wait, to tarry Weight, for scales Wail, to lament Wale, a rising part in cloth Ware, merchandise Wear, to put e clothes Were, plural of was W all, a partition of brick or stone Wawl, to cry, howl Way, to walk in Weigh, to poize Weak, not strong Week, seven days , Wean, to put from the breast Ween, to imagine Weath er, disposition of the air Weth er, a kind of sheep We, ourselves Wee, little, small Wood, timber Would, was willing Ye, yourselves Yea, yes Yew, a tree You, yourselves- 140 Byerlifs Spelling-Book. PART III. A VOCABULARY, Consisting of a select list of words, divided, accented, and explained. The letters in Italic, following- the words, represent the parts of speech, viz. n. stands for noun ; a. for adjective ; pro. for pronoun ; v. for verb ; part, for participle ; ad. for ad- verb ; pr. for preposition ; con. for conjunction ; in. for in- terjection. ABS A baft', ad. towards the stern a ban' don, v. to give up a base', v. to cast down a bash', v. to make ashamed a bate', v. to grow less, dimin- ish ab' bot, n. the chief of a con- vent ab bre vi a' tion, n. the act of shortening" ab' di cate, v. to resign a bet', v. to support another ab hor, v. to hate a bide', v. to dwell with ab' ject, a. mean, worthless a bil' i ty, n. power, capacity ab jure', v. to retract by oath ab lu' tion, n. the act of cleans- ing a' ble, a. having faculties a bode', n. habitation, dwelling a bol' ish, v. to annul a bom' i na ble, a. hateful ab o rig' i nes, n. the first set- tlers of a country a bor' tive, a. untimely a bound', v. t> have in great plenty a bridge', v. to make short ab' ro gate, n to repeal ab rupt', a. sjidden, hasty ab' scess, n. i morbid cavity in a body ACC ab scond', v. to hide one's self ab' sent, a. not present ab sen tee', n. one absent from his employment ab' so lute, a. complete, not limited ab so lu' tion, n. requital ab sorb', v. to suck up ab stain', v. to deny one's self ab ste' mi ous, a. temperate ab' sti nence, n. forbearance ab struse', a. hidden, difficult ab sur' di ty, n. inconsistency a bun' dance, n. plenty a buse', n. ill usage a cad' e my, n. a school of lib- eral arts ac eel' e rate, v. to hasten ac' cent, n. the manner of pro- nouncing ac cept', v. to take ac cess' i ble, a. approachable ac' ci dent, n. casualty, chance ac cla ma' tion, n. applause ac com' mo date, v. to supply ac com' pa ny, v. to go with another ac com' plish, v. to complete ac cord', v. to agree ae cost', v. to address ac count', n. a computation of debts or expenses ac cou' tre, v. to equip Byerhfs Spelling' Book. 141 AER ac crue', v. to arise from ac cu' mu late, v. to heap to- gether ac' cu ra cy, n. exactness ac cu sa' tion, n. the act of accusing ac cuse', v. to blame a ce' tous, a. sour a chieve', v. to perform a' cid, a. sour ac knowY edge, v. to own, con- fess ac quaint', v. to inform ac qui esce', v. to rest in ac quit', v. to set free ac' rid, a. of a hot, biting taste act, n. something done ac tiv' i ty, n. being active add, v. to join together ad dress', v. to apply to a dept', n. one who is master of his art ad' e quate, a. equal to ad here', v. to stick to ad ja' cent, a, lying close ad journ', v. to put oif ad just', v, to regulate ad min' is ter, v. to afford help ad rain is tra' tor, n. one who administers to an estate ad mi ra' tion, n. the act of admiring ad mon' ish, v. to reprove gen- % a do' ra ble, a. worthy of ado- ration a dorn', v. to ornament ad vance', v. to improve, go forward ad van' tage, n. profit, gain ad ven ti' tious, a. accidental ad' ver sa ry, n. one who poses ad ver' si ty, n. misfortune ad vice', counsel, notice ad u la' tion, n. flattery a dult', n. grown up a dul' ter ate, v» to corrupt a e' ri al, a. belonging to the air op- ANA a er ol' o gy, n. doctrine of the air af fa bil' i ty, n. civility af fee ta' tion, n. awkward pre- tence af fee' tion, n. passion, love af fee' tion ate, a. fond, tender af fin' i ty, n. relation af firm', v. to ratify, declare af flic' tion, n. grief, calamity af ' flu ence, n. plenty af ford', v. to produce af fright', v. to terrify af front', n. insult, outrage a' gen cy, n. acting for another ag' gra vate, v. to make any thing worse ag grieve', to vex, hurt a gil' i ty, n. activity ag' o ny, n. violent pain a gree', v. to be in concord a lac' ri ty, n. cheerfulness al' der man, n. a magistrate al' ge bra, n. a kind of arith- metic al gid' i ty, n. coldness al' i ment, n. nourishment al li ga' tion, n. excuse, plea al li' ance, n. a league al lude', v. to refer to al' ma nac, n. a calendar al' pha bet, n. the letters of a language al' um, n. a mineral salt a maze' ment, n. extreme fear am bas' sa dor, n. a person sent from one power to another am bi gu' i ty, n. obscurity a' mi a ble, a. lovely am' i ca ble, a. friendly am' i ty, n. friendship am phib' i ous, a. living in two elements am' pie, a. liberal am' pu tate, v. to cut off a muse' ment, n. entertainment a nal' o gy, n. resemblance an' ar chy, n. want of govern- ment 142 Byertys Spelling-Book. AVO an' ces tors, n. forefathers an i mos' i ty, n, hatred an' nu al, a. yearly an te' ri or, a, going before an ti' qui ty, n. old times a pol' o gy, n. defence a poth' e ca ry, n. compounder .of medicines ap plause', n. public praise ap praise', v. to set a price ar' gu ment, n. a controversy a rith' me tic, n. the science of numbers ar mis' tice, n, a short cessation of arms ar o mat' ic, a. spicy, fragrant a round', ad. on every side ar range', v. to put in order ar ray', v. to put in order, deck, dress ar tic' u late, v. to form words as' pect, n. the appearance of any thing as per' i ty, n. roughness as sail', v. to attack, assault as sem' blage, n. a collection of things as si du' i ty, n. diligence a sy' lum, n. a place of refuge or protection at' tri bute, n. the inherent in any thing at' mos phere, n. the air in which we breathe a tro' cious, a. wicked, horrible at trac' tion, n. that power which draws one body to- wards another au da' cious, a. impudent, bold, presuming au' di hie, a. that which may be distinctly heard aug ment', v. to increase, en- large, add au thor' i ty, n. legal power au' thor ize, v. to empower a vert', v. to turn aside a vow' al, n. a positive or open declaration BEW au ster' i ty, n. rigour, severity of discipline ax' iom, n. a maxim or propo- sition which is self-evident a wait', v. to wait for awk' ward, a. clumsy B Bab' ble, v. to prattle bab' oon, n. a large kind of monkey bac cha na' lian, n. a drunk- ard, a riotous person back' bite, v. to censure baf fle, v. to elude baZm, n. a sweet plant bank' rupt, a. not able to pay ban dit' ti, n. a gang of robbers bane' ful, a. poisonous, hurtful ban' ner, n. 2l military standard or flag ban' quet, n. a grand enter- tainment, a feast bar ba' ri an, n. a rude, un- civilized person, a savage bar om' e ter, n. an instrument used for ascertaining the state of the air bar' ri er, n. a boundary, de- fence bar' ba rous, a. cruel bar' gain, n. a contract be a tif ic, a. blissful be at' i tude, n. felicity beau' ti ful, a. fair be lief, n. opinion, creed bel lig' er ent, a. waging war ben e die' tion, n. blessing ben e fac' tion, n. gift be nev' o lence, n. kindness be nig' ni ty, n. actual kindness be nef i cent, a. kind, obliging be reave', v. to deprive of, to take away be times', ad. early, soon, sea- sonable bev' er age, n. drink be wil' der, v. to mislead, to puzzle Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 143 BUR big' a my, n. the crime of hav- ing- two wives blame' a ble, a. faulty bland, a. soft, mild, gentle blan' dish ment, n. soft words bias' phe my, n. indignity to God bod' kin, n. an instrument to bore holes bo hea\ n. a species of tea bois' ter ous, a. loud, roaring bomo, n. a hollow shot book' bind er, n. one who binds books book' sel ler, n. a dealer in books boot, n. a covering for the leg boo' by, n, a dull, or stupid fellow a. rustic, clownish, cal, a. relating to one skilled in boor' ish, rude bo tan' i herbs bot' a nist, plants bot' torn less, a. fathomless boun' te ous ly, ad. freely boun' ti ful ness, n. generosity bourn, n. a bound, a limit bow' er, n. an arbour bra va' do, n. a boast, brag, threat braw' ny, a. fleshy, strong, muscular brev' i ty, n. shortness brew' er, n. one who makes beer broth' er hood, n. fraternity bril' liant, a. bright, sparkling bru tal' i ty, n. savageness budge, v. to stir buf fet, v. to beat buf foon' e ry, n. low jests bug' bear, n. a false alarm, a frightful story bul' let, n. a round ball of metal bull' ion, n. gold or silver un- wrought J)ur' den some, a. troublesome CAR bur' gla ry, n. housebreaking bur lesqwe', n. ludicrous lan- guage butch' er, n. one who kills ani- mals bux' om, a. lively, gay, brisk buz' zard, n. a kind of hawk C Ca bal', n. intrigue cab' bage, n. a plant ca lam' i ty, n. misfortune cal' a mus, n. a sort of reed cal cine', v. to burn cal' cu late, v. to reckon cal' cu lous, a. stony cal' en dar, n. register of the year cal' lous, a. hardened cafrn, a. cjuiet ca lum' ni ate, v. to slander cal' um ny, n. slander cal' en der, n. an almanac, yearly register ca' lid, a. very hot, burning cal' lous, a. hard, insensible ca nal', n. a passage can' is ter, n. a small box ca noe', n. a boat can' ni bal, n. one who eats human flesh, a vile wretch can' to, n. part of a poem, sec tion, division can' o py, n. a covering ca pa bil' i ty, n. capacity ca pa' cious, a. large ca pac' i ty, n. ability ca pit' u late, v. to surrender ca pri' cious, a. fanciful cap' ti vate, v. to charm cap tiv' i ty, n. bondage car' bun cte, n. a red spot card, n. an instrument to comb wool car' a van, n. a company of travelling merchants, or pil- grims care' ful ness, n. caution care' less ness, n. inattention iU Byerly^s Spclling-Book. CER ; i>. to treat kindly ca ress car' go, ft. the lading" of a ship car i ca ture', ft. a ludicrous, droll likeness ca' ri ous, a. rotten, decayed, putrined car' nage, ft. slaughter car' nal, a. fleshly car niv' er ous, a, flesh-eating ca rouse', v. to drink car' pet, ft. covering for a floor car' ti lage, ft. a gristle cas cade', ft. a waterfall cas ti ga' tion, ft. punishment ca/ u al, a. accidental, fortui- tous cat' a logue, ft. a list ca tas' tro phe, ft. final event cat' e go ry, ft. a class cat' er pil lar, n. a worm ca thar' tic, a. purgative cav' al cade, ft. a procession on horseback cav' il, ft. a false objection cav' i ty, n. hollow cause' less, a. without cause cause' way, ft. a raised way cafts' tic, ft. a burning applica- tion ca-/ tion, ft. prudence cease' less, ft. perpetual ceil, v. to plaster ce leb' ri ty, ft. fame ce ler' i ty, n. swiftness, speed eel' e ry, ft. a kind of parsley ce lest' i al, a. heavenly eel' i ba cy, ft. single life eel' lar, ft. a room under ground ce ment', v. to unite cen so' ri ous, a. severe cen' sure, ft. blame, reproach cent, ft. an American coin cen' tre, ft. the middle cen trif' u gal, a. flying from the centre cer e mo' ni al, a. outward form cer' e mo ny, ft. outward rite cer tif i cate, ft. a testimony in writing COG ce ru' le an, a. blue, sky-col- oured ces sa' tion, n. a stop, rest chafe, v. to heat, fret cha grin', n. ill-humour chan' nel, ft. course for i stream char' i ty, ft. tenderness, alms chas' ti ty, n. purity of the body chris' ten dom, ft. the collective body of Christianity chris ti an' i ty, ft. the religion of Christ chro nol' o gy, n. the science of computing time churl' ish, a, selfish chym' is try, ft. the art of sep- arating by fire ci' der, n. a liquor made of ap- ples cin' der, ft. the ashes of wood or coal cir' cle, ft. a round body cir cu la' tion, ft. motion cir cum' fer ence, ft. limits of a circle cir cum scribe', v. to enclose, limit, confine cir cum vo lu' tion, ft. act of turning round cir cum lo cu' tion, ft. a circuit or compass of words cir' cum spect, a. cautious cis' tern, ft. a vessel to hold water civil' i ty, ft. politeness clam' our, ft. outcry, noise clan des' tine, a. secret, hidden clem' en cy, ft. mercy cli' mate, n. air, tract of land clown, ft. a rustic churl co ag u la' tion, ft. concretion co a Jesce', v. to join co a les' cence, ft. union cob' bier, ft. a shoemaker cod' i cil, ft. an appendix to a will co e' val, a. of the .same age co gen cy, n force slron^th Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 145 COM cog' i late, v. to think ab' it, v. to live together a.- husband and wife col' Jar, n. something- rSund the neck col' league, n. a partner col' lege, n. a house of learn- ing col' lo quy, n. conference, talk col' o ny, ;i. a number of peo- ple newly settled together col' umn, n. a round pillar, part of a page com bi na' tion, n. union com bine', v. to juin together, agree, unite com bus' ti bk, a. susceptible of fire com' e dy, n. a dramatic piece come' ly, a. graceful, decent com' et, n. a blazing star com' fort, n, support, consola- , tion com' i cal, a. merry, droll com mand' ment, n. precept com mem' o rate, v. to preserve the memory of com mence', v. to begin com mend', v. to praise com men' su rate, v. to reduce to some common measure com' merce, n. trade, traffic com mis' er ate, v. to pity com mit' tee, n. a number of persons appointed to manage any matter com mo' dious, a. convenient com mod' i ty, n. merchandise com' mon wealth, n. the gene- ral body of the people com mu' ni cate, v. to impart com mu' ni on, n. fellowship com mu' ni ty, n. body politic com pan' ion, n. a partner com par' a tive ly, ad. in a state of comparison com pas' sion, n, pity com pel', v. to force com pen' di urn, n. summary CON com pen sa' tion, n. recompense com' pe tent, a. qualified com pile', v. to collect from various authors com plai sance', n. civility- corn' pie ment, n. full number com plete', a. perfect, full com' plex, a. consisting of many parts com pli' ance, n. submission com' pli cate, v. to entangle com pli ca' tion, n. a mixture of many things com port' a bte, a. consistent com pose', v. to put together, to quiet, settle com pos' i tor, n. he who ar- ranges the types in printing com po' sure, n. calmness com' pound, a., formed of many ingredients com pre hend', v-. to include, to understand com press', v. to squeeze com prise', v. to include com' pro mise, v. to agree com pul' so ry, a. forcing com punc' tion, n. repentance com pute', v. to reckon con' cave, «. hollow con ceal', v. to hide con ce?'t', n. great opinion of one's self con ceive', v. to understand, think con eeii' trate, v. to draw into a narrow compass con cep' tion, n. idea con cil' i ate, v. to gain over con cise', a. brief, short con elude', r. to decide, end, finish con coct', v. to digest by the stomach con' cord, n. agreement con' course, n. persons assem- bled oon' crefe, c*. composed of dif- ferent materials N 146 Byerly*$ Spelling-book. CON con cu' pis cence, n. lust con cur' rent, a. acting in con- junction con cus' sion, n. act of shaking con denm', v. to find guilty, to censure con dem na' tion, n. sentence of punishment con de seen' sion, 77.- voluntary humiliation con dign', a. suitable, merited con dole', v. to bewail with con do' lence, w. grief for the sorrows of another con du' cive, a. promoting con fed e ra' tion, n. alliance, league con fess' ion, n. the acknow- ledgment of a crime con flict', v. to fight, to contest con for' mi ty, n. compliance with con fide', v. to trust in con' fi dence, n. trust, assu- rance con fine', v. to limit, restrain con firm', v. to settle, strength- en con fis' cate, v. to transfer pri- vate property to public use con' flu ence, n. union of sev- eral streams con for' mi ty, n. similitude con fuse', v. to disorder, per- plex con fute', v. to disprove con geal', v. to freeze con ge' nial, a. partaking of the same genius con grat' u late, v. to wish joy con gre ga' tion, n. an assem- bly met to worship God in public con gru' con jec' ture, n. a guess con' ju gal, a. relating to mar- riage con' ju gate, v. to* join, unite, inflect ty, n. fitness CON con Dive', v.. to wink at a fault con nois seur', n. a critic, judge con nu' bial, a. nuptial con' quer, v. to overcome con san guin' i ty, n. relation by blood con' science, n. the faculty by which we judge of the good- ness or wickedness of our- selves con sci en' tious, a. scrupulous, exactly just con' scious, a. inwardly per- . suaded con' se crate, v. to make sacred con' se quence, n. effect con sign', v. to make over con sis' ten cy, n. agreement con sole', v. to cheer, to com- fort, revive con sol' i date, ^. to harden, combine con spic' u ous, a. eminent con spir' a cy, n. a plot, treason con' stan cy, n. firmness con sti tu' tion, n. state of be- ing, temper of body or mind, form of government con strain', v. to compel con struct', v. to build con strue', v. to explain, to translate con sume', v. to spend, destroy, waste away con sump' tion, n. act of con- suming ; a disease con ta' gious, a. infectious con tarn' i nate, v. to defile con temrc\ v. to despise, scorn con tempt' i ble, a. mean, de- serving contempt con tend', v. to dispute, strive con tent' ment, n. satisfaction con tig' u ous, a. meeting so as to touch con tin' gent, a. accidental con tin' u ance, n. duration con tour', n. the outlines of a figure Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 147 COR con trast 7 , v. to place in oppo- sition con' tra band, a. prohibited, unlawful con tract', v. to draw together, bargain con tra diet', v. to oppose, deny con tra ri' e ty, n. opposition con' tra ry, n. a thing- of oppo- site qualities to another con trib' ute, v. to give, to bear a part con tri' vance, n. a plan, a plot con trol', v. to check con tu ma' cious, a. obstinate con tu' sion, n. a bruise con va les' cence, n. renewal of health, recovery con vene', v. to call together, to assemble con verge', v. to tend to one point con voke', v. to summons con ve' ni ent, a. fit, proper con ven' tion, n. an assembly con ver sa' tion, n. familiar discourse, easy talk con vert', #, to change from one opinion to another con' vex, a. rising in a circu- lar form con vince', v. to make one sensible of cool' ness, n. gentle cold coop' er, w. a maker of barrels co op' e rate, v. to labour for the same end co' pi ous, a. plentiful, abundant cop' u la tive, a. joining or mixing together co quetfe', n. a gay, airy girl cor di al'ity, n. sincerity cor po ra' tion, n. a body politic cor' pu lent, a. fleshy, bulky cor res pon' dence, n. agree- ment, fitness, friendship cor rob' o rate, v. to confirm cor ro' sion, n.the act of eat- ing away CUP cor rus ca' tion, ». a quick vi- bration of light cor rupt', a. vicious, wicked cos mog' ra phy, n. a descrip- tion of the universe cot' tage, n. a but couch, 'is. to repose, to lie down — n. a seat of repose cov' e riant, n. a contract cov' ert, n. a shelter, defence cov' et, v. to desire earnestly cov' et ous, a. greedy coun' ter felt, v. to forge, imi- tate coun' ter pane, n, coverlet for a bed coun' ter sign, v. to undersign cour' age, n. bravery course, n. order of succession cour' te sy, % civility cow' ar dice, n. want of courage cox' comb, n. a fop coz' en, v. to cheat craft, n. trade, cunning crag, n. a steep rock crape, n. thin stuff era vat', n. a neckcloth era' zy, a. broken-witted ere a'- tion v n. the act of cre- ating the universe Cre a' tor, n. the Being that bestows existence cred' it, n. belief, trust cre du' li ty, n. easiness of be- lief cred' u lous, a. apt to believe crim' i nal, n. a person accu- sed, or guilty cri' sis, n. a critical time crouch, v. to stoop low, fawn cru' el, a. inhuman, hard- hearted crys' tal, n. a transparent stone cul' pa ble, a. blameable cul' ti vate, v. to till, improve cul' ture, ?i. act of cultivation cun' ning, a. skilful, subtle, crafty cu pid' i ty, ti. lust 1 48 ByerhPs Spelling-Book. DEC cu rips- i ty, n. inquisitiveness cur tail', v. to cut off cus' to dy, n. imprisonment, security cus' torn, n. habit, usage cu ta' ne ous, a. relating to the skin cy' cle, n. a round of time cy' clo pe dia, n. the whole circle of science cyg / net, n. a young swan cyl' in der, n. a long, round body D Dam' ty, a. delicate, nice dal' li ance, n. mutual caresses, love dal' ly, v. to trifle, delay dam' sel, n. a young maiden dan' die, v. to fondle dan' gle, v. to hang loose da' ring, a. bold, fearless d&ugh f ter, n. a female child daunt' less, a. fearless daz' zle, v. to overpower with light dear, a. beloved, costly death, n. extinction of life de bate', v. to dispute de bar', v. to prevent, hinder de base', v. to degrade, to adul- terate de bauch', v. to corrupt, to vitiate, to ruin de bil' i ty, n. weakness de&t, n. what is another's just due de cease,' v. to depart from life de ceive', v. to impose upon de' cen cy, n. modesty, pro- priety de cep' tion, n. cheat, fraud dec la ma' tion, n. an harangue de coc' tion, n. a preparation by boiling . dec' o rate, v. to adorn, to em- bellish DES dec' o rous, a. decent, suitable, becoming de co' rum, n. decency, oruer de coy', v. to allure de cree', n. an edict, law, de- termination de crep' i tude, n. the last stage of old age ded' i cate, v. to devote to de duct', v. to subtract, to sep- arate de duce', v. to gather, or infer from de fault', n. neglect, failure def er ence, n. regard, res pect, submission de fine', v. to explain, to decide de fraud', v. to cheat de gen' e ra cy, n. departure from virtue de grade', v. to place lower, debase de ject', v. to cast down, to de- press del' e gate, n. a deputy, com- missioner de lir' i um, n. disorder of mind insanity del' i ca cj, n. softness, nicety de light' fill, a. charming de lin' quent, n. an offender de liv' er, v. to give up de lude', v, to deceive de moe' ra cy, n. a form of government, in which the sovereign power is lodged in the people de nom' i nate, v. to name den' si ty, n. closeness de part', v. to go away de plo' ra bk, a. lamentable de po' nent, n. a witness on oath de pre' ci ate, v. to lessen in value dep' u ty, n. one who acts for another de ris' ion, n. contempt, scorn des' o late, v. to waste Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 149 DJS des pair', n. hopelessness, des- pondency des pe ra' do, n. a furious per- son de scrip' tion, n. representation de serf, v. to forsake des' ig nate, v. to point out j', v. to scorn des' po tism, n. absolute power des' ti tute, a. in want of de tail', n. minute- account, particular relation de ter' mins, v. to settle, limit de test', v. to bate de void', a. destitute, empty di' a lect, m manner of ex- pression .J a logtie, n. a conference di' a ry, n. a daily account die' tion, n. style of language, . expression di'et~>i, food dif fi cult, a. hard, troublesome dig' ni ty, n. rank, importance di late', v. to widen dil' a to ry, a. slow, tardy dil' i genee, n. industry di lute', v. to make thin dis a fa I. want of power .to differ dis ap point', v. to defeat of ex- pectation dh as' ter, n. misfortune dis charge', v. to dismiss dis' cord, n. disagreement dis creet', a. prudent dis cuss', v. to examine dis c,Tace' ful, a. ignominious dis in her'' it, v. to cut off from inheritance dis miss', if. to send away dis pu ta' tion, n. argumentation dis re gard', v. to slight dis si pa' tion, n. extravagant spending dis' tich, n. a couple of lines . different xi:i. Vi to perplex EDU di vest', v. to strip di vin' i ty, n. the science of divine things do cil' i ty,- n. readiness to learn dolt, n. a stupid fellow douot' ful, a. uncertain down' right, a. in plain terms dram, n. the eighth of an ounce dra' ma, n. the action Gf a play drear, a> lone!y,.gloomy, dismal dread' ful, a. terrible /frightful drop' sy, n. a collection of wa- ter in the body •drow' sy, a. sleep}-, dull drunk' ard, to. one who drinks to excess dumo, a. incapable of speech * dump' ling, n. a sort of pudding du' nii cate, n. an exact cop} of any thing du' ti ful, a. submissive dy' nas ty, ?i. government;. sovereignty dys' en ter y, n. a disease of the bowels Ea' ger, a. ardent, quick ear, to. the organ of hearing earn, v. to gain by labour earth' quake, n. a tremaur :f the earth ec cen' trie, a. deviating from the centre, irregular, un- steady e cliy.-se', n. obscuration of a luminary e con' o my, n . frugality, good man ed' i fjft% to build, improve tion, crdi n a DCC ed' i f:ce, to. a building to mstrritJt e di' tion, to. the imi a book ed' u cate, v. to bring up STS 150 Byerly^s Spelling-Booh. EMP ef fee' tu al, a. productive of effects, completely ef fern' i na cy, n. softness, un- manly delicacy ef fi ca cious, a. powerful ef ful' gence, n. lustre, splen- dour e' go tist, n. one who talks much of himself e' gress, n. the act of going out of any place e jac u la' tion, ?i. a short ar- dent prayer e lab' o rate, a. finished with great labour and exactness e las' tie, a. springing back, recovering e late', v. to puff up, to exalt e lapse', v. to pass away e lee' tion, n. the act of choos- ing el' e gant, a. pleasing, nice el' e gy, n* a mournful pathet- - ic poem el' e vate, v. to exalt e li' cit, v. to bring out, to draw from el' i gi bie, a. fit to be chosen el o cu' tion, n. fluency of speech el' o quence, n. speaking with fluency e lope', v, to run away, desert e lude', v. to escape, shun e lu' ci date, v. to explain e lys' ian, a. pleasant, delight- ful em bar' go, n. a restriction on trade em bel' lish, v. to adorn em' blem, n. a moral device, representation em' i grate, v. to remove from one place to another em' is sa ry, n. a spy, a secret agent e mol' u ment, n, profit em' pha sis, n. a remarkable EXC stress laid upon a word or sentence em phat' ic al, a. forcible, strong em ploy', v. to keep at work em' u late, v. to rival em' u lous, a. desirous to excel en clo' sure, n. ground enclosed en cour' age, v. to animate end' less, a. without end en' er gy, n, force, vigour en gross', v. to monopolize en jo/ ment, n. happiness, fru- ition en rol', v. to record en slave', v. to deprive of lib- erty en' vy, ». vexation at another's good ep' i cure, n. one given to luxury e pis' tie, n. a letter e' qual, a. even, uniform e' qui ty, n. justice e rad' i cate, v. to root up er ro' ne ous, a. full of errors es' cu lent, a. eatable es' sence, n. the nature, sub- stance, or being of any thing es' ti mate, v. to set a value e ter' ni ty, n. endless duration e vade', v. to avoid ev' i dence, n. proof, witness eu' lo gy, n. praise Ext ro pe' an, a. belonging to Europe ex alt', v. to lift up, extol ex al ta' tion, n. elevation ex as' pe rate, v. to enrage ex' ca vate, v, to cut out, to make hollow ex eel', v, to surpass ex cess', n. intemperance ex cise', n. a tax levied on commodities ex cite', v. to stir up, to ani- mate ex claim', v. to cry out Byerljfs Spelling-Book. 151 FAN ex cul' pate, v. to clear of a fault ex' e crate, v. to curse ex ec' u tive, a. having power to act ex em' pla ry, a. worthy of ex empt', a. free by privilege ex er cise, ft. labour, practice ex is' tence, n. state of being ex on' e rate, v. to release, set free ex or' di um, ft. an introduction to a discourse ex ot' ic, ft. a foreign produc- tion ex panse', ft. an even, wide, extended body ex pect', v. to wait or look for ex per' i ment, ft. trial ex ten' sive, a. wide, large ex ten' u ate, v. to lessen ex te' ri or, a. outward, exter- nal ex tir' pate, v. to root out, to destroy ex tract', v. to draw out of, select ex trav' a gant, a. prodigal ex' tri cate, v. to set free ex u' ber ance, ft. overgrowth, abundance ex ult', v. to rejoice, triumph ey' ry, ft. a place where birds of prey build their nests Fab' ri cate, j». to build, forge fab' u lous, a. feigned fa ce' tious, a. gay, witty fa cil' i tate, v. to make easy fac' tion, ft. a party, discord fac' ul ty , ft . ability, reason faith, n. belief, fidelity, promise given fal' li ble, a. liable to error false, a. not true fa mil' iar, a, affable, free fa nat' ic, ft. an enthusiast FOI fan tas' tic, a. odd, whimsical far' mer, ft. one' who cultivates the ground fas' ci nate, v. to bewitch fash' ion, ft. form, custom fa tal' i ty, ft. decree of fate fa tigwe', 7i. weariness feath' er, ft. the plume of birds feel, v. to perceive by the touch fe li' ci ty, ft. happiness fel' low ship, ft. society, equality fel' o nj^ ft. a capital offence or crime fern' i nine, a. female, delicate fer men ta' tion, ft. an inward motion of the small parts of mixed bodies fe ro' cious, a. savage, fierce fer' vent, a, ardent, zealous fes' tivc, a. joyous, gay, happy fie' tion, ft. a story invented fiend, ft. an infernal being fierce, a. savage,, furious fi del' i ty, ft. honesty, faithful- ness fir i al, a. befiting a son filth' y, a. foul, gross fin' ic al, a. nice, foppish fin' is, ft. the end, conclusion fi' nite, a. limited, bounded fir' ma ment, ft. the sky fiat' ter, v. to sooth with praise fla' vour, ft. taste, relish, sweet smell flax, ft. the plant of which linen is made fleet, ft. a company of ships Aim' sy, a. weak, feeble flo' rist, ft. one who cultivates flowers flo' rid, a. flushed with red blooming, rosy flue' tu ate, v. to change fo' cus, ft. the point where rays of light meet fog, ft. a thick mist foi' ble, ft. weakness, failing foil, v. to defeat, overcome 52 Byerlxfs Spelling- Book, GES fo' li o, n. a larg*e book, in which every sheet makes two leaves fop, n. a coxcomb, one fond of dress for lorn', a. helpless, solitary** .for 7 mal, a. ceremonious, me- thodical for mal' i ty, n, ceremony for' ti tude, n. courage, strength fra' grant, a. sweet of smell fra ter' nal, a. brotherly frai^d, n. deceit, artifice fre.ii' zy, m madness of mind friend' ship, to, favour, kindness M gid 5 a. r oe% stupia^uil , to. an employment, or occupation fa' tile, a. trifling, worthless fu in* ri ty, n. time to come Gam, n. profit, advantage gam' sa*>. v. to contradict, op- pose gal' ax y, n. the milky way gal' Ion, n. a measure of four quarts gam' bol, v. to dance, to frolic gar' nish, v._ to decorate era 7 :' dy, a. showy ga zetfe', to. a news- a^cr gen e al' o gy , n. history of family descents gen -er al' i ty^ n. bulk, common mass gen teel', a. polite, graceful ge. V u ine, a. true, real, natu- ral ge og f ra phy, to. knowledge of the earth ge om'e tvy, n. the science of quantity, extension, or mag- nitude, abstractly considered germ, n. a sprouting seed ges' ture,?i. posture, movement of the bodv HAR gew' gaw, to. a toy, a bauble g/iast' ly, a. like a ghost, pale. horrible gid' dy, a. heedless giz' zard, n. the musculous stomach of a fowl glee, 71. joy, merriment, mirth gloom, 7i. neaviness of mind God, n, the Supreme Being g-or' gon, n. something ugly or horrid gos' pel, n. the holy book cf the Christian revelation gos' sip, v. to prate, to tattle _■ gra' cious, a. merciful, kind gram' mar, to. the science of speaking correctly gran' 11 late, v. to form into small- gt graph' i cal delineated gra' fis, a. without reward gtat' i tude, n. duty to bene- factors grav' i ty , to. s e r i ou s n e 9 s griev' ous, a. painful, afflicted grim ace', to. distortion of the countenance guile', to. deceit, cunning gut' tu ral, a. pronounced in the throat H Ha bit' i ment,ft. dress, clothes, a pare! hat? it, 71. state of any thing, custom hab ita' (ion, to. place of abode hag' gard, to. any thing distort- ed or deformed hal'cy on, a. placid, mild, calm ham 7 mer, n. an instrument to drive nails hand' ker chief, n. a piece of silk or linen to wipe the face hamf some, a. beautiful han' dy, a. ready, skilful har mo' ni ous, a. musical, well adapted Byerly^s Spelling-hook. 153 HYS ha rangwe', n. a speech hard' ship, n. fatigue harm* less, a, innocent .ar' mo ny, n. concord har' vest, n. the season of reap- ing hatch' et, n. a small axe hav' oc, n. devastation, de- struction hawk, n. a bird of prey haz' ard, n. chance, danger heal' ing, part, mild, assuasive help' ful, a. useful, salutary hem' is phere, n. the half of the globe help' ful, a. useful, salutary herd, n. a flock of cattle hes' i tate, v. to doubt, pause hi' er ar chy, n. an ecclesiasti- cal government high' way, n. a great road his to' ri an, n. a writer of his- tory horn' age, n. veneration, sub- mission, respect /ion' es ty, n. justice, truth, purity hos' pi tal, n. a receptacle for the sick hos' pi ta ble, a. kind to stran- gers, friendly hos til' i ty, n. open war hu mane', a. kind, benevolent hu mid' i ty, n. moisture hu' mid, a. wet, moist hu mil' i ty, n. lowness of mind hun' gry , a. in want of food hus' band, n. a married man hy drau' lies, n. the science of conveying water through pipes hy dro stat' ics, n. the science of weighing fluids hy e' na, n* a fierce animal like a wolf hyp' o crite, n. a dissembler in religion hys ter' ics, n. fits ir T I de' a, n. mer;*al image id' i om, n. a articular mode of speech id' i ot, n. one v< -id of sense i dol' a try, n. the worship of images ig' no ranee, n. want of knowl- edge il le' gal, a. contrary to law il li' cit, a. unlawful, unfit il lit' er ate, a. unlearned il lus' trate, v. to explain il lus' tri ous, a. noble im be cil' i ty, n. weakness, credulity im bibe', v. to drink in, to re- ceive im mer' sion, n. the act of dip- ping under water im mure', v. to enclose, to shut U P , , im mac u late, a. pure, spot- less im men' si ty, n. infinity im mor' tal, a. never to die im mu' ni ty, n. privilege im pen' i tent, a. obdurate im pi' e ty, n. wickedness im pugn', v. to attack, assault im pu' ri ty, n. corruption, lewdness in a bil' i ty, n. want of power in ces' sant, a. continual in dem' ni fy, v. to maintain unhurt in' di gence, n. want in' do lence, n. laziness in*duce', -v. to influence, per- suade in due', i\ to invest, to furnish with in erf, a. sluggish, motionless in ev' i ta ble, a. unavoidable in' fan cy, n. first part of life in feet', v. to taint, to pollute in' fi nite, a. unbounded, great in flate', v. to swell or puff up with wind 154 Byerly's Spelling-Book. JUN in fleet', v. to change, to vary in' flux, n. act of flowing into in fringe 1 , v. to violate in fuse','*;, to instil, to inspire in gra' ti ate, 'v. to get into fa- vour in grat' i-tude, n. unkindness in gulf, v. to swallow down in hale', v\ to breathe in im' i'cal, a. hostile, adverse in i' ti ate, v. to admit, instruct in' no cent, a. free from guilt in u en' do, n. an oblique hint in sip' id, a. without taste in spire', v. ta breathe or infuse into in stiF, v. to infuse by drops in.' sti tute, v. to fix, establish in' tel lect, n. perception, un- derstanding in tern' per ance, n. excess in tense', a. vehement, ardent in ter', v, to bury, to put under ground in tox' i cate, v. to make drunk J Ja' cent, a. lying at length, extended ja' cinth, n. a precious gem jack' all, n. a beast somewhat like a fox ^ ja pan', n. a varnish made to work in colours jar' gon, n. nonsensical talk jas' per, n. a precious stone jave' lin, n. a spear jaunt, n. a ramble or excursion jeal' ous y, n. suspicion, fear jeop' ar dy, n. danger, peril ju' bi lee, n. a public festival ju di' cial, a. done in forms of justice ju di' cious, a. prudent, wise, skilful jug' gle, v. to play tricks by slight of hand junc' tion, n. union, coalition LAP juris pru' dence, n. the science of law jus' tice, n. equity ju' ve nile, a. young, youthful K Keel, n* the bottom of a ship keen, a. sharp, piercing ken, n. view, reach of sight ker' nel, n. the substance in a shell kid' nap, v. to steal human be- ings kin' dred, n. affinity, relation king' dom, n. the dominion of a king &nack, n. dexterity, readiness /ma' ve ry, n. dishonesty knowY edge, n. skill, learning A?nuc' kle, n. the joint of the finger La' bel, n. a short description upon any thing lab' o ra to ry, n. the work house of a chemist la bo' ri ous, a. diligent in work lab' y rinth, n. a maze full of windings la' cer ate, v. to tear in pieces la con' ic, a. short, brief lad' der, n. a frame with steps la' ding, n. freight, cargo of a ship lam en ta' tion, n. expression of sorrow lam poon', n. a personal satire Ian' cet, n. a small pointed in- strument land' scape, n. prospect of a country Ian' guor, n. want of strength Ian' guage, n. human speech Ian' guish, v. to grow feeble lap' i da ry, n, one wlio deals in stones or gems lapse, v. to fall from truth to error Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 155 LIT i ous ness, n. wanton- las civ ness las' si tude, n. weariness, fa- tigue la' tent, a. secret, hidden lat' i tude, n. extent, liberty ; distance from the equator, either north or south lau' rel, n. an evergreen tree, lav' ish, a. profuse, extrava- gant lav' en der, n. a plant league, n confederacy ; three miles learn" ing, n. literature leath' er, n, the dressed hides of animals leg' a cy, n. what is left by will jle' gal, a. according to law le' gend,n. a fabulous narrative le' gi ble, a. such as may be read le gis la' tion, n. the act of giv- ing laws le git' i ma cy, n. lawful birth lei' sure, n. freedom from busi- ness len' i ent, a. mild, assuasive lev' i ty , n. vanity, inconsistency lex i cog 7 ra pher, n. a writer of dictionaries lex' i con, n. a dictionary li' bel, n. slander, defamation lib er al' i ty, n. generosity lib' er ate, v. to set free, release li' bra ry, n. a large collection of books li' cense, n. permission, liberty li'cen' tious, a. unrestrained, disorderly lig' a ment, n. a band to tie parts together light' some, a. luminous, gay, airy lig' ne ous, a. made of wood lim' it, n. bound, border lit' e ral, a. not figurative, ex- act lit er a' ti, n. men of learning MAR lit' er a ture, n. learning, skill in letters lit i ga' tion, n. contention at law lo'cal, a. relating to place Ion gev' i ty, n. length of life lo qua' cious, a. full of trifling talk lu' mi na ry, n. any body that gives light lungs, n. organs of breathing j lure, v. to entice lurk, v. to lie in wait lus' cious, a. sweet, pleasing lus' tre, n. brightness lux u' ri ance, n, exuberance, plenty lux' u ry, n. voluptuousness M Ma' gis trate, n. a man public- , ly invested with authority mag nan im' i ty, n. greatness | of mind mag 7 net, n. a stone that at- tracts iron mag nif i cent, a. fine, splen- did, pompous mag' ni fy, v. to make great mal e fac' tor, n. a criminal ma lev' o lence, h. ill will, spite ma' ni ac, n. a mad person man' i fest, a. plain, evident man' i fold, a. many in number man' tie, n. a cloak man' u al, a. performed by the hand man u fac' ture, v. to make by art man' u scriot, n. a written book, not printed ma rau' der, n. a plunderer, a robber ma rine', a. belonging to the sea mar' i ner, n. a seaman mar 7 riage, n. the act of uniting a man and a woman for life 156 Byerlifs Spelling-nook. MUL mar' tyr, n. one who dies for the truth ma tu' ri ty, n. ripeness roe ii a' tor, n. an inter poser, an adviser me di oc' ri ty, n. middle state med' i cine, n. physic med' i tate **; to think, muse meed, n, reward, g-ift mel' i e rate, v. to make better, to improve mel' o dy, ?i. music, harmony of sound me nace', i\ to threaten men' di cant, n, a beggar men' tal, a. relating to the mind mer' ci ful, a. compassionate me trop' o lis, n. the chief city of any country mi' grate, b. to remove, to change place mi li' tia, n. national force mim' ic, a, apish, imitative min' er al, n. a fossil min er al' o gy, n. the doctrine of minerals min' ion, w. a favourite servant mi' nor, ?i. one not of age mir' a cle, n. something above human power mis an' thro py, n. hatred of mankind mod' es ty, n. decency, chastity mod u la' tion^ n. agreeable harmony mon' o dy, n. a poem sung by another person mo nop' o ly, n. sole privilege of selling mon' u ment, n. any thing to perpetuate memory mo ral' i ty, n. doctrine of the duties of life mor tal' i ty, n, subjection to death mor' ti fy, v. to humble, corrupt i tude, n. a crowd NEG mu ni' ci pal, a. belonging to a con: oration mu nil' i cent, a. bountiful mu ni' tion, n, resources for war mur / der, n. the act of killing a man unlawfully mur raur, v. to grumble mu' se urn, n. a repository o r curiosities mu' sic, n. the science of sounds, harmony mu' ta oh?, a. alterable, unset- tled mu ta' tion, n. act of changing mu' ti ny, n. sedition, revolt rrm' tu al, a. reciprocal mys' te ry, n> something above human intelligence my thoi' o gy, n. system of the fabulous history of the gods of the heathen world N Na' dir, n. the point directly under our feet na' ked, a. uncovered, bare nap' kin, n. a cloth to wipe the hands, &c. nar cot' ic, a. causing torpor or sleep nar' ra tive, n. a relation, an account na' tal, «. relating to nativity na tiv' i ty, n. birth na' ture, n. the native state of any thing na' val, a. belonging to ships nav i ga' tion, n. the art of passing by water nau' se ous, a. loathsome, dis- gustful nau'ti cal, a. pertaining to ships neb' u lous, a. misty, cloudy ne fa' ri ous, a. wicked neg' a tive, n. a position that denies neg lect', n. inattention, care- lessness Byerltfs Spelling-Book. 157 OBS ne go' ti ate, v. to traffic, to treat neigh' bour, n. one who lives near to another nerve, n. an organ of sensation neu' ter, a. of neither party nig' gard, n. a sordid person nin' ny, n, a fool, a simpleton noc tur' nal, a. nightly no' ta ry, n. an officer who pro- tests bills, &c. no to' ri ous, a. publicly known nov' el, n. a feigned story or tale nov' el ty, n. newness, innova- tion nov' ice, n. an ignorant person nox' ious, a. hurtful, offensive nu' ga to ry, a. trifling, futile mil' li ty, n. want of force nu me ra' tion, n. the art of numbering nup' tial, a. pertaining to mar- riage nur' ture, n. education, in- struction nu' tri ment, n. food nu tri' tious, a. nourishing O Oath, n. a solemn appeal to heaven ob' du rate, a. stubborn o be' di ence, n. submission o bei' sance, n. act of reverence bb' e lisk, n, a pyramid o bit' u a ry, n. a register of the dead ob ject', v. to oppose ob li ga' tion, n. engagement, contract ob lique', a. not direct ob lit' er ate, v. to efface ob hV i on, n. forge tfulness ob' lo quy, n. blame, slander ob nox' ious, a, subject, liable ob scene', a. immodest, dis- gusting ORB ob scu' ri ty, n. darkness ob' se quies, n. funeral solem nities ob se' qui ous, a. obedient, sub- missive ob ser' vi ent, a. attentive ob ser' va to ry, n. a place a- dapted for making astronom- ical calculations ob' so lete, a, out of use ob' sta cle, n. hinderance, ob- struction ob' sti nate, a. stubborn, fixed ob trude', v. to thrust into a place by force ob' vi ate, v. to prevent ob' vi ous, a, easily discovered oc cult', d. secret, hidden oc' cu py, v. to possess oc cur', v. to happen, to appear oc ta' vo, n. a sheet folded into eight leaves oc' u lar, a. known by the eye o' di ous, a. hateful, abominable o' di um, n, hatred, blame o' dor ous, a. fragrant of fi' cial, a. pertaining to an office of fi' ci ate, v. to perform an- other's duty of fi' cious, a. forward, kind off' spring, n. production om nip' o tent, a. almighty o pa' ci ty, n. darkness o 7 pal, n. a precious stone op' e ra, n. a musical enter- tainment op e ra' tion, n. agency, influ- ence op pres' sion, n. cruelty op pro' bri ous, a. reproachful op' tic, a. relating to the sight op' tion, n. choice, power of choosing op' u lence, n. wealth, riches or' a to ry, n. eloquence or' bit, n. the path in which a planet moves O 11 158 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. PAR or' ches tra, n. a gallery for musicians or dain', v. to appoint, invest or 7 de al, n. a trial by fire or water or 7 di na ry, a. regular, common or gan' ic, a. instrumental or' gies, n. fantastic revels or i en' tal, a. eastern or' i fice, n. an opening or' i gin, n. beginning, source or i' gin ate, v. to come into existence or' na ment, n. decoration or' phan, n. a child who has lost father or mother, or both or' tho dox, a: sound in opinion or' tho e py, n. the right pro- nunciation of words or thog' ra phy, n, the art of spelling os cil la' tion, n. the moving like a pendulum os ten' si big, a, apparent os ten ta' tion, n. outward show out' rage, n. violence, mischief Pa cif ic, a. peace-making pa' ci fy, v. to compose pa' gan, n. a heathen pa' geant, a. showy, pompous pal' pi tate, v. to beat as the heart pam' per, v. to feed luxuriously pam' phlet, n. a small unbound book pan e gyr' ic, n. praise pan' ic, n. violent fright with- out cause pan' try, n. a room for provision par' a graph, n. a distinct part of a discourse par' al lei, a. equal par' a mour, n. a lover or mis- tress parch' ment, n. skins dressed for writing PER pa ren'tal, a. becoming parents par' ley, n* conversation pai^ o dy, 7i. change of an- other's words par' ox ism, n* a fit par' si mo ny, n. cove xusness part' ner ship, n. joint interest pa ter' nal, a. fatherly pa thet' ic, a. moving path' os, n. warmth, passion, feeling pa' tri arch, n. head of a fam- ily or church pat' ri ot, n. a real lover of his country pat' ro nise, v. to support pa vil' ion, n. a tent pau' per, n. one who lives by charity peace' a ble, a. free from war pear' ly, a. like a pearl pea*' ant, n. one who lives by rural labour pec u la' tion, n. theft of pub lie money pe cu' ni a ry, a. relating to money pe cu' liar, a particular ped' ant, n. one vain of low knowledge ped' i gree, n. lineage, descent pel lu' cid, a. transparent, clear pen' al ty, n. punishment, for- feiture pen' ance, n. atonement pen' du lum, n. any weight hung to swing backwards and forwards pen' e trate, v. to pierce pen' u ry, n. poverty per cep' ti ble, a. such as may be known per fee' tion, n. state of being perfect per pet' u al, a. never ceasing per' se cute, v. to pursue per spic' u ous, a. clear per spire', v. to sweat Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 159 PLA per vade', v. to fill, to pass into per verse', n. obstinate, stub- born pe ti' tion, v. to supplicate pet' u lence, ft. peevishness phe nom' e non, n, an extraor- dinary appearance phi Ian thro py, ft. love of mankind phys' ic, ft. the science of heal- ing, medicines phys i ol' o gy, ft. the doctrine of the constitution of the works of nature pic' ture, ft. a resemblance in colours pi' e ty, ft. holiness, sanctity piF fer, v. to steal pig' my, ft. a very small person, a dwarf pil' grim, ft. a traveller, a wan- derer pil' lage, v, to plunder pil' lo ry, ft. an instrument of punishment pin' ion, ft. the wing of a fowl pin' na cle, ft. the summit pi' ous, a. devout, godly pique, ft. ill will, petty malice pi' ra cy, ft. the act of robbing on the sea pit' e ous, a, sorrowful, tender pit' tance, ft. an allowance piv' ot, ft. a pin on which any thing turns pla' ca ble, a. that which may be appeased pla' cid, a. mild, quiet plan' et, ft. a moving star plain' tiff, n. he who commences a suit plain' tive, a. expressive of sorrow plas' tic, a. having power to form plau' dit, ft. applause, approba- tion plan' si ble, a. pleasing, decep- tive PRE pleas' an try, ft. gaiety, lively talk pie' be ian, n. a low person plen i po ten' tia ry, n. a nego- tiator for a prince or state plen' i tude, ft. fulness pli' a ble, a. liable to bend plight, n. condition, state plu' mage, n. a suit of feathers plumfr' er, n. one who works in lead plum' met, ft. a leaden weight, a pencil plun' der, v. to pillage, to rob plu' ral, a. implying more than one pneu mat' ics, ft. the doctrine of the air poi^n' an cy, ft. sharpness, as- perity po lice', n. the regulation of a city pol' i tics, ft. the science of governments pol lute', v. to defile, corrupt po lyg' a my, ft. plurality of wives pop u lar 7 i ty, ft. state of being favoured by the people pop u la' tion, ft. the number of people por' tage, ft. price for carriage por' tal, ft. a gate or door por tend', v. to forebode por' ti co, ft. a covered walk po si f tion, ft. situation pos' i tive, ft. absolute, certain pos ter' i ty, n. descendants pre diet', v. to foretel pre dis pose', v. to dispose be- forehand pre dom' i nant, a. prevalent pre ex ist', v. to exist before pref ' ace, ft. an introduction to a book pre' feet, ft. a governor pref er ence, ft. estimation above another 160 Byerly's ISpeUing-Book. QUA pre fer' merit, n. advancement pre lim' i na ry, a. previous, in- troductory pre med' i tate, v. to think be- forehand pre' mi urn, n. a reward pro- posed pre^ i dent, n. one at the head of others pre scribe', v. to order, direct pre sume', v. to suppose, af- firm pre var' i cate, v. to cavil, to quibble pri' ma ry, a. first in order pri me' val, a. original ; such as was at first prob' lem, n. a question pro- posed for solution proc la ma' tion, n. public no- tice given by authority prod i gal' i ty, n. profusion pro di' gious, a. amazing-, vast pro' duct, n. amount, profit prof li gate, n. an abandoned wretch pro fuse', a. lavish, wasteful prog- nos' tic, n. token, predic- tion pro lif ic, a. fruitful pros per' i ty, n. success, good fortune pul' mo na ry, a. belonging to the lungs pul' ver ize, v. to reduce to powder punc' tu al, a. exact, nice pun' ish ment, n. any infliction imposed for a crime pu' ri ty, n. cleanness, chastity pyg' my, n. a dwarf Q Quack, n. an ignorant pre- tender quad' ru ped, n. a four-footed animal quad' ru pig, a. four-fold RAP quaint, a. very exact, nice qual' i fy, v. to prepare, to make fit qual i fi ca' tion, n. an accom plishment qua/m, ri. sudden fit of sickness quar' rel some, a. inclined to brawls quar' ter, n. the fourth part quar' to, n. a book of which every leaf is a quarter of a sheet quash, v. to crush, to subdue quick' en, v. to make alive quencit, v. to extinguish fire quer' u lous, a. habitually com- plaining qui' e tude, n. rest, repose quit' tance, n. a receipt quiv' er, v. to tremble, to vi- brate quo ta' tion, n. a passage quoted quo' ta, n. share, rate, propor- tion quo' tient, a. the quantity pro- duced by dividing one num- ber by another R Rab' bte, n. an assemblage of low people ra' di ant, a. shining rail' le ry, n. satire, ridicule rai' ment, n. garment, dress ram' ble, n. an irregular ex- cursion ram i fi ca' tion, n. a division, a branching out ram' part, n. the wall round fortified places ran' cor ous, a. malignant, ma- licious ran' dom, a. done by chance ran' sack, v. to plunder, search ran' som, n. a price paid for liberty rap' id, a. swift rap' ture, n. ecstacy, transport Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 161 EEF rar e fac' tion, n, an extension of the parts of any body rat' i fy, v. to confirm ra' tion al, a. agreeable to rea- son a' tio, n. proportion, a rate av' age, v. to lay waste, to pillage av' en ous, a. ferocious, vora- cious av' ish, v. to violate by force raze, v, to overthrow, to ex- tirpate re al' i ty, n, real existence, truth re an' i mate, v. to restore to life again rear, v. to raise up re bate', v. to lessen re bel' lion, n. an insurrection re bound', v.. to spring- back re buff', n. a sudden resistance re buke', v. to chide, censure re cede', v. to fall back, to re- tire re cep' ta cl#, n. a place to re- ceive things re cep' tion, n* the act of re- ceiving re cess', n. retirement re cip' ro cal, a. mutual re cite', v. to repeat re claim', v. to reform, reeal rec' og nise, v, to acknowledge re coil', v, to rush back rec' cm perise, v. to repay, to requite re cord', v. to register rec re a' tion, n. relief after toil, diversion re cruif , v. to repair, augment re com mend', v. to praise to another rec' ti tude, n. uprightness re fine', v. to purify re frac' to ry, a. obstinate re frain', v. to hold back, for- bear RES re fresh' ment, n. relief, food, rest ref ' uge, n. a shelter from dan- ger re ful' g*ent, a. bright, shining- re fute', v. to prove false re gale', v. to refresh, to gratify re gen' er ate, v. to reproduce re' gi men, n, diet in time of sickness re' gis ter, n. a list, record re hearse', v. to recite previ- ously re im burse', v. to pay back again re in state', v. to put again in possession re lapse', v. to fall back to a former state re lax', v. to slacken re li' ance, n. trust re li' gion, n. a system of faith and worship re lin' quish, v. to quit, give up re miss', a. slothful, careless re morse', n. sorrow for a fault re move', v. to put from its place re mote', a. distant ren' o vate, v. to renew re past', n, act of taking- food re per' to ry, n, a book of re- cords re plen' ish, v. to stock, fill up re plete', a. full, perfect re pose', n. rest, sleep re pos' i to ry, n. a storehouse or place where things are safely preserved rep re hend', v. to reprove re pug y nant, a. contrary, op- posite re pulse', v. 'to -beat back rep u ta' tion, n. credit re' qui em, n. a hymn, or prayer for the dead res' cue, v. to set free from danger n 9 162 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. SAD re serve', v. to retain, lay up res' i due, n. the remaining part re/ o lute, a. firm re9 pire', vl to breathe res' pite, n. pause, interval res ti tu' tion, n. the act of re- storing" re sume', v. to begin again re tire' ment, n. private abode re veal', t). to disclose, impart re vere', v. to venerate re voke', v. to repeal rev o lu' tion, n. a change in government rhet' o ric, n. the act of speak- ing right' eous, a. just, virtuous ri' gid, a. stiff, severe ri' ot, n. an uproar riv' er, n. a large stream of water rogwe, n. a knave, wag rug' ged, a. rough, surly rus' tic, a. rural, rude, simple ruth' less, a. cruel, pitiless S Sa ba'oth, n. hosts or armies sab' bath, n. the day of rest and worship sab' ine, n. a plant sa' ble, a, dark, black sa' bre, n. a. short sword. sa cer do' tal, a. belonging to the priesthood sach' em, n. the chief of an In- dian tribe sac' ra ment, n. an oath ; the Lord's supper sa' cred, a. holy, consecrated sac' ri fice, v. to offer up,, to destroy sac' ri lege, n. the robbery of a church sad, a. sorrowful, heavy, gloo- my, bad sad' die, n. the seat which is SAL put upon the horse for the accommodation of the driver safe, n. a buttery, a pantry safe' guard, n. defence, pro- tection, security safe' ty, n. freedom from danger saf fron, n. a plant sa ga' ci ty, n. acuteness of perception sage, n. a man of wisdom, a plant sa' g*o, n. a kind of eatable grain sail, ?i. a canvass sheet, ship wing sail' or, n. a seaman, one used to the sea sam' foin, u. a kind of herb saint, n. a person eminent for piety and virtue sake, n. final cause, purpose, account sa la' cious, a. lustful, lecher- ous sal' ad, n. a food composed of raw herbs sal' a man der, n. an animal supposed to live in the fire sal' a ry, n. stated hire, annual or periodical payment sale, n, the act of selling, vent, market sales' man, n. one who sell clothes ready made sa line', a. consisting of salt sal' low, (u sickly, yellow sa/rn' on, n. a delicious well- known fish salt, a. haying the taste of salt salt pe' tre, n._ nitre sa lu' bri ous, a. wholesome sal' u ta ry, a. healthful sal u ta' tion, n. a greeting sal' vage, n. a reward allowed for goods saved out of a wreck sal va' tion, n.. preservation from danger Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 163 SAT same, «. identical, of the like kind, &c. sam' phire, n. a plant preserv- ed in pickle sam' pie, n. a specimen, part of a whole san' a tiv#, a. powerful to cure sane' ti fy, v. to make holy sane' tion, n. ratification, con- firmation sane' ti ty, n. holiness sane' tu a ry, n, a holy place sand, n, gravelly earth, barren land san' dal, n. a sort of shoe sand' box, n. a plant sane, a. sound, healthy san' guine, a. red, having' the colour of blood san' he drim, n. the chief coun- cil among the Jews san' i ty, n. soundness of mind std, n. the vital juice of plants sap' id, a. tasteful, palatable sa' pi erd, a. wise, prudent sap' phire, n, a precious stone of a blue colour sar' easm, n. a keen reproach sarce' net, n. fine, thin woven silk sar' dine, n. a precious stone sar sa pa ril' la, n. both a tree and a plant sash, n. a silk belt, a window that lets up and down hj pulleys sas' sa-fras, n. a tree used in physic sa' tan, n. the prince of hell, the devil satch' el, n. a little bag used by schoolboys sat' el lite, n. an inferior or secondary planet sa' ti ate, v. to satisfy, to fill sa ti' e ty, n. more than enough sat' in, n. a soft, close, and shining silk SCI sat' ire, n. a poem censuring vice or folly sat' is fy, v. to content, please, convince sat' ur ate, v. to impregnate till no more can be received sa' turn, n. a planet sa' tyr, n. a sylvan god sauce, n. something- eaten with food to improve its taste sau' cy, a. pert, petulent, inso- lent saun' ter, v. to wander about idly sav' age, a. wild, uncultivated, barbarous sa van' na, n. an open meadow save, v. to. preserve from dan- ger or destruction sav' in, n. a plant sa' ving, a. frugal, parsimo- nious, not lavish sa' vour, n. scent, odour sa' voy, n. a sort of colewort saw, n, an instrument with teeth for cutting boards, &c. saw' fish, n. a sort of fish say' ing, n. an expression, an opinion scab' bard, n. the sheath of a sword scaf ' fold, n, a temporary gal- lery, a kind of stage scald, v* to burn with hot liquor scam' per, v. to fly with speed and trepidation scan' dal, n. aspersion scan' da lous, a, shameful scant, v. to limit, to straiten scar' let, n. a beautiful bright red colour seen' e ry, m imagery, repre sentation seep' tic, n.. one who doubts all things seep' tre, n. an ensign of roy- alty borne in the hand sci' euee, n. knowledge 164 lifs Spelli w -tiook. scorn, v, to despise scrip' ture, n. sacred writing sculp' ture, "ri. the art of carv- ing or engraving scur vil' i ty, n. low abuse se elude', v. to shut up sec' re ta ry, n. one who writes for another sec' ta ry, n. a follower of a particular sect sec' tion, n. the distinct part of a book sec' u lar, a. not bound by rules se cu' ri ty, n. a pledge, safety self ish ness, n. self-love sem' i na ry, n. a school sen si bil' i ty, n. quickness of feeling sen' ti ment, n. opinion sep' ul chre, n. a tomb, grave, monument se' quel, n. conclusion se ques' tre, v. to put aside ser' aph, n. an angel se ren' i ty, n. calmness se' ri ous, a. solemn, important se ver' i ty^ n. cruel treatment sher' iff, n. a county officer ship' wright, n. a builder of ships sig' na ture, n. a sign or mark sim' i lar, a. resembling sim' pie, a, plain, artless slan der, n. disgrace, reproach slaugh' ter, v. to slay, kill sloop, n. a small vessel with one mast so' cial, a. familiar so lem' ni ty , n, gravity sol' i tude,* n. lonely life or place, a desert sooth, v. to calm soph' is try, n. false argument sor' row, n. pain for past faults , grief soul, n. the immortal spirit of man spee' dy, a. quick, swift THE spool, n. a weaver's quill starve, v. to kill with hunger j stig' ma tize, v. to mark with infamy sub' ju gate, v. to conquer sul' phur, n. brimstone sump' tu ous, a. splendid sus cep' ti ble, a. capable of' admitting syc' o phant, n. a flatterer sym' pa thy, n. fellow-feeling i T Tab' er na cle, n. a place of j worship tab' la ture, n\ a painting on a ' wall or ceiling tab' let, n. a small table ta' cit, a. silent tal' ent, rfc faculty tai' on, n. tiie claw of a bird of prey tal' low, n. fat of animals tar' dy, a. slow, sluggish tar'' nish, v. to soil tar' ry, v. to stay, to abide tart, a. sour, keen tat' tie, v. to prate, to talk idly tau tol' o ^y, n. a repetition of the same words taw' dry, a. excessively fine teach, v. to instruct tern' per ance, n. moderation tern' pest, n. a violent wind tern' po ral, a. not lasting te na' cious, a. retentive ten' ant, ?i. one who rents of another ten' don, n. a sinew ten' sion, n. the act of stretch- ing ter mi na' tion, ?i. limit, bound ter rif ic, a. dreadful, frightful tes ta' ceous, a. consisting of shells tes' ti fy, v. to give evidence the ol' o gy, n. the science of divinity nyer/y's Spelling-Booh;. 165 UMB a. a speculation. q ry. eme thief, n. o; eals ty, a. frugal a multitude, crowd til' iage. n. act of ploughing ;jUS. a. fearful tine' ture. n. colour, essence tinge, i*. to give a colour laying only the name toil et. n. a dressing- table . tol' er ate. v. to allow, permit | top' ic. n. general head of a disc •tor' ment. n. pain, anguish jtor na' do. hurricane >id, a. sluggish, inactive f to' tal. n. the v. tra di' tion. n. verbal account from age to age ice', v. to censure fj jtran qui!' li ty. ?i. quiet, peace of mind tran- trans pa' rent. a. clear trans to put out of plai a ry. n. a place for money ty. 7i. negotiation j odend. enter lawfully :ress j trink' et. 72. a toy Itri urn' phant, a. vie ton: structton vileness ■ ■ • severity in emblem U omnipresence ate* a. the very last brage, n. a shadow, of- fence j VAL . urn' pire. n. one who decides disputes un a' bk. a. not able, deficient a. of one mind unc' tiun. n. an ointment un daunt' ed. a. bold, courage- ous 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