McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 168

Compound Words promiscuously arranged.

ale’-house	lime’-kiln	hedge’hog
hail’stone	boat’man	pen’knife
lay’man	four’score	grist’-mill
safe’guard	load’stone	mid’night
waist’coat	oat’meal	pitch’fork
bee’-hive	pole’-star	ship’wreck
key’-stone	snow’-drop	wrist’band
knee’-pan	sports’man	block’head
bride’groom	jew’s’-harp	cross’-bow
light’-house	luke’warm	off’spring

Lesson 169

Compound Words.

Lisle’-glove	night’fall	harts’horn
north-east’	book’-case	corn’-stalk
joint’-stock	foot’stool	loop’-hole
well’-bred	cork’screw	bur’dock
snuff’-box	watch’-word	whirl’pool
towns’man	broom’stick	fools’cap
house’wife	dooms’day	work’shop
char’coal	brown’-bread	for sooth’
out weigh’	down’right	down’cast
horn’pipe	tooth’ache	noon’day
heir’loom	air’brake	law’suit

Lesson 170

Compound Words.

can’dle stick	post’al-card	but’ter fly
hand’ker chief	cop’y-book	wa’ter-fall
bed’-cham ber	oft’en times	gas’-me ter
ev’er green	type’-writ er	cler’gy man
gen’tle man	jour’ney man	bric’-a-brac
pep’per mint	hum’ming-bird	na’vy-yard
camp’-meet ing	musk’-mel on	fool’-hard y
mas’ter piece	blood’-ves sel	al might’y
pass’o ver	hon’ey-comb	by’stand er
fowl’ing-piece	stem’-wind er	bass’-vi ol
pow’der-horn	school’-mas ter	tale’-bear er

Lesson 171 Synthetic and Dictation Exercises

A’bel, a man’s name. de scend’ent, falling. a’ble, powerful. cough’er, one who coughs. al’ley, a narrow passage. coffer, a chest. al ly’, one who assists. can’died, covered with sugar. al lu’sion, a reference. can’did, honest; truthful. il lu’sion, mockery. cent’u ry, 100 years. de scend’ant, offspring. sen’try, a guard.

The able man’s name was Abel. A narrow alley. France was an ally of England in the Crimean war. He made an allusion to the illusion that possessed him. His descendant was descendent from the same line. The cougher sat on the coffer. The candid youth ate the candied cakes. The sentry wore a costume of the last century.