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McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

by Alexander H. McGuffey

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Lesson 85

berth, a sleeping-place. cast, to throw. birth, coming into life. caste, an order or class. braid, to weave. cede, to yield. brayed, did bray. seed, to sow; to scatter. breach, a gap. coarse, not fine. breech, the hinder part. course, way; career. broach, a spit; to pierce. dam, mother of beasts. brooch, an ornament. damn, to condemn. but, except. cane, a reed; a staff. butt, a cask; a mark. Cain, a man’s name. call, to name. ceil, to line the top of caul, a kind of net-work. seal, a sea animal.

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