ware (earthen-), ware (aware), wear, where, were. way, weigh, whey. weal (wealth), weal (a swelling), wheel. weald, wield, wheeled. while, wile. whine, wine, white, wight. whether, weather. whither, wither. whig, wig. whit, wit. what, wot. whet, wet. whirr, were = wer’. whin, win. whist, wist. which, witch, wych (elm).

III.  GROUP OF HOMOPHONES CAUSED BY LOSS OF TRILLED R.[6]

ion, iron. father, farther. lava, larva. halm, harm. calve, carve. talk, torque. daw, door. flaw, floor. yaw, yore. law, lore. laud, lord. maw, more, gnaw, nor. raw, roar. shaw, shore.

IV.  THE NAME OF A SPECIES (OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, &C.) IS OFTEN A
HOMOPHONE.  WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE MEANING, THIS CAUSES
SO LITTLE INCONVENIENCE THAT THE FOLLOWING NAMES (BEING IN THAT
CONDITION) HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM LIST I.[7]

bleak (fish), bleak (adj.). dace, dais. gull (bird), gull (s. and v.). carp, carp (v.). cod, cod (husk). codling, coddling (fr. coddle). flounder (fish), flounder (v.). quail (bird), quail (v.). lark (bird), lark (fun). ling (fish), ling (heather). mussel, muscle. nit, knit. awk, orc. oriole, aureole. pike (fish), pike (weapon). pout (fish), pout (v.). perch (fish), perch (alight). plaice, place. ray (fish), ray (of light). rook (bird), rook (v.). skua, skewer. skate (fish), skate (on ice). smelt (fish), smelt (fr. smell). swift (bird), swift (adj.). swallow (bird), swallow (throat). tapir, taper. tern, turn. teal (fish), teil (tree). thrush (bird), thrush (disease).

[Footnote 5:  The following words in List 1 involve wr > w, write, wrach, wrap, wring, wrung, wreck, wrest, wreak, wrick.]

[Footnote 6:  Other similar words occurring in other sections are—­awe, awl, ought, bawd, fought, gaud, gauze, haw, caw, cause, caught, lawn, paw, saw, sauce, sought, taut, caulk, stalk, alms, balm;—­their correspondents being, oar, orle, ort (obs.), board, fort, gored, gores, hoar, core, cores, court, lorn, pore, sore, source, sort, tort, cork, stork, arms, barm.]

[Footnote 7:  Other similar proper names of species, &c., which occur in some one of the other sections of the list:  ant, bat, bear, bee, beet, beetle, beech, box, breeze, date, dock, daw, duck, deer, elder, erne, fir, flea, flag, fluke, hare, horse, hawk, hop, caper, carrot, couch, cricket, currant, leech, lichen, mace, maize, mint, mole, pear, peach, pink, pie, pine, plum, plane, pulse, rabbit, rye, rush, rape, rail, reed, roe, roc, rue, sage, seal, sloe, sole, spruce, stork, thyme, char, whale, whin, yew.  Also cockle.]